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-rw-r--r--gui/CMakeLists.txt9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c5c7b92..a86336bb 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# CMake will throw a cryptic message if an user unwittingly invokes it from
+# this directory.
+if (CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
+ message (FATAL_ERROR
+ "qapitrace must be built from the top source directory.\n"
+ "Read docs/INSTALL.markdown for detailed build instructions."
+ )
+endif ()
+
add_definitions (-DQT_FORCE_ASSERTS)
if (APPLE)