1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0eac5f59..51f51c40 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
 olddir=`pwd`
 cd "$srcdir"
 
-GTKDOCIZE=`which gtkdocize`
+GTKDOCIZE=$(which gtkdocize 2>/dev/null)
 if test -z $GTKDOCIZE; then
-        echo "*** No GTK-Doc found, please install it ***"
-        exit 1
+        echo "You don't have gtk-doc installed, and thus won't be able to generate the documentation."
+        rm -f gtk-doc.make
+        cat > gtk-doc.make <<EOF
+EXTRA_DIST =
+CLEANFILES =
+EOF
+else
+        gtkdocize || exit $?
 fi
 
 AUTORECONF=`which autoreconf`
@@ -19,7 +25,6 @@ if test -z $AUTORECONF; then
         exit 1
 fi
 
-gtkdocize || exit $?
 autoreconf --force --install --verbose || exit $?
 
 cd "$olddir"