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-rw-r--r--Makefile4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 87110e0919..8a5f41b99e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ CXXFLAGS+= -Wno-reorder -Wwrite-strings -fcheck-new -Wctor-dtor-privacy
include Makefile.common
-config.mak:
+# check if configure has been run or has been changed since last run
+config.mak: configure
@echo "you need to run ./configure before you can run make"
+ @echo "either you haven't run it before or it has changed"
@exit 1
dist: