updates.

diff --git a/configure.in.pre b/configure.in.pre
index 2b11a15b41acb6577eaf151c1671be1499e1920a..37a1b3790c4ae0e4cdf23d757d47021d44d935ad 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in.pre
+++ b/configure.in.pre
@@ -844,6 +844,8 @@ fi
 __SILC_HAVE_LIBIDN=""
 if test x$has_libidn = xtrue; then
   __SILC_HAVE_LIBIDN="#define __SILC_HAVE_LIBIDN 1"
+else
+  AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not locate libidn.  GNU Libidn is required to compile SILC)
 fi
 
 # iconv support