Clarifications in comments and standard output suggested by

Paul Onyschuk <ptmelville at gmail dot com> (Alpine Linux)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a167762c..914e6e00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ INSTALL_MAN	 = $(INSTALL_DATA)
 
 # --- user settings related to database support ------------------------
 
-# If you want to build without database support, for example to avoid
-# the dependency on SQLite3, comment the following line.
-# However, you won't get apropos(1) and makewhatis(8) in that case.
+# Building apropos(1) and makewhatis(8) requires both SQLite3 and fts(3).
+# To avoid those dependencies, comment the following line.
+# Be careful: the fts(3) implementation in glibc is broken on 32bit
+# machines, see: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838
 #
 BUILD_TARGETS	+= db-build
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8a6a74d9..5b987ebe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
+echo "/* RUNNING ./CONFIGURE - SHOULD BE USED ONLY VIA MAKE, READ INSTALL */"
+
 set -e
 exec > config.h 2> config.log