if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2, 1, [Define if libxml2 is available])
else
- AC_MSG_ERROR([Need libxml2 for glib2 builds -- you should be able to do without it -- this needs fixing])
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([
+ Need libxml2 and development headers/files to build GStreamer.
+
+ You can do without libxml2 if you pass --disable-loadsave to
+ configure, but that breaks ABI, so don't do that unless you
+ are building for an embedded setup and know what you are doing.
+ ])
fi
dnl this is for the .pc file
LIBXML_PKG=', libxml-2.0'