X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2b5f62a0b2db198609b45dec622a018dae37008e..c718e0b31c8a8294219bd1b54f179fbbfd86558b:/contrib/configure.in

diff --git a/contrib/configure.in b/contrib/configure.in
index 3047831472..c28c260cd2 100644
--- a/contrib/configure.in
+++ b/contrib/configure.in
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ AC_REVISION($Id$)dnl
 
 AC_INIT(Makefile.in)
 
+dnl we need the values the main configure determined for us, so refuse
+dnl to run if we don't have them
+if test "x$wx_cv_path_ifs" = "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please run configure from the top level directory.])
+fi
+
 dnl ---------------
 dnl MMedia specific
 dnl ---------------