(maybe_bootstrap): Test for complete absence of compiled Lisp files.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index fde9f14c40c40b9dc516082128e019e7333edaba..e972e4b252423d2c101cb7f72f01a740baf3ea03 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -715,9 +715,11 @@ dvi:
 .PHONY: maybe_bootstrap
 
 maybe_bootstrap:
-       @if [ ! -f $(srcdir)/lisp/abbrev.elc ]; then \
-         echo "Essential Lisp files seem to be missing.  You should either"; \
-         echo "do \`make bootstrap' or create \`lisp/abbrev.elc' somehow.";    \
+        @bar=`echo ./lisp/*.elc`; \
+       if [ "$bar" = './lisp/*.elc' ]; then \
+         echo "Your tree does not include the compiled Lisp files."; \
+         echo "You need to do \`make bootstrap' to build Emacs."; \
+         echo "Emacs now requires Texinfo version 4.2."; \
          exit 1;\
        fi