(maybe_bootstrap): Don't bootstrap, just suggest it.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 3941b0b07db79e6f60a5449542647dafc64aa536..65c16eb2a1a8e2d9ecc7bd64710655cdbf341036 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -692,8 +692,9 @@ dvi:
 .PHONY: maybe_bootstrap
 
 maybe_bootstrap:
-       if [ ! -f $(srcdir)/lisp/abbrev.elc ]; then \
-         $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) 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."    \
        fi
 
 bootstrap: bootstrap-clean-before bootstrap-lisp-1 bootstrap-src bootstrap-lisp bootstrap-clean-after all info