From 1bb7a9f736eb0c1814d2937dbd3ca5a3b8cb81b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:25:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Try to catch the case of a non-writable source directory
 before running configure.

---
 tools/wineinstall | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/wineinstall b/tools/wineinstall
index 9e5444e3252..c4af41a88c7 100755
--- a/tools/wineinstall
+++ b/tools/wineinstall
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ then {
   }
   fi
 
+  if [ ! -w . ]
+  then {
+    echo "The source directory is not writable. You probably extracted the sources as root."
+    echo "You should remove the source tree and extract it again as a normal user."
+    exit 1
+  }
+  fi
+
   # check whether RPM installed, and if it is, remove any old wine rpm.
   hash rpm &>/dev/null
   RET=$?