doc/man: only require asciidoc-attrs.conf when building the man pages

[lttng-tools.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 40198a630e72ab75462046db4f81e21b0529b9b1..65f2439c04e112563552279ee6325508bd3361c9 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$man_pages_opt" = "xyes"], [
                        # thus asciidoc/xmlto are required because we were asked
                        # to build the man pages
                        AC_MSG_ERROR([
-Both asciidoc and xmlto are needed to build the LTTng man pages. Use
+You need asciidoc and xmlto to build the LTTng-tools man pages. Use
 --disable-man-pages to disable building the man pages, in which case
 they will not be installed.
                        ])
@@ -604,11 +604,17 @@ they will not be installed.
                        # pages should already be generated at this point, thus
                        # asciidoc/xmlto are not strictly required
                        AC_MSG_WARN([
-Both asciidoc and xmlto are needed to build the LTTng man pages. Note
-that the man pages are already built in this distribution tarball, so
-asciidoc and xmlto are only needed if you intend to modify their
-sources. Use --disable-man-pages to completely disable building
-and installing the man pages.
+You need asciidoc and xmlto to build the LTTng-tools man pages.
+
+Note that the man pages are already built in this distribution tarball,
+so asciidoc and xmlto are only needed if you intend to modify their
+sources.
+
+Also note that the installed man pages will contain the project's
+default command-line option and environment variable values.
+
+Use --disable-man-pages to completely disable building and installing
+the man pages.
                        ])
                ])
        ], [