dnl Prerequisites.
-dnl Instead of giving an error about each prerequisite as we encounter it,
-dnl group them all together at the end of the run, to be user-friendly.
-AC_DEFUN([PSPP_REQUIRED_PREREQ], [pspp_required_prereqs="$pspp_required_prereqs
+dnl Summarize all the missing prerequisites at the end of the run to
+dnl increase user-friendliness.
+AC_DEFUN([PSPP_REQUIRED_PREREQ],
+ [AC_MSG_WARN([You must install $1 before building PSPP.])
+pspp_required_prereqs="$pspp_required_prereqs
$1"])
AC_DEFUN([PSPP_OPTIONAL_PREREQ], [pspp_optional_prereqs="$pspp_optional_prereqs
$1"])