QEMU build fails with cryptic messages if make is too old:

  Makefile.ninja:2655: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.

To avoid the confusion it's worth to fail the build right away and print
a friendly error message.

Signed-off-by: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
---
 Makefile | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8373ddccc9..45d688b87b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(CURDIR))), 1)
   $(error main directory cannot contain spaces nor colons)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(filter undefine,$(value .FEATURES)),)
+$(error Unsupported Make version: $(MAKE_VERSION). \
+        Please use GNU Make 3.82 or above)
+endif
+
 # Always point to the root of the build tree (needs GNU make).
 BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
 
-- 
2.28.0

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 12:21:27AM +0300, Roman Bolshakov wrote:
> QEMU build fails with cryptic messages if make is too old:
> 
>   Makefile.ninja:2655: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.
> 
> To avoid the confusion it's worth to fail the build right away and print
> a friendly error message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

Regards,
Daniel
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