Lzip and Tar also built as basic dependencies

To ensure the easy unpacking and building of the programs, Lzip and Tar are
now also build during the initial setup phase.

Some minor corrections were also applied to make things cleaner and
smoother.

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8e15000..4810656 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -110,17 +110,19 @@ function absolute_dir() {
 #
 # Print some basic information so the user gets a feeling of what is going
 # on and is prepared on what will happen next.
-echo
-echo "-----------------------------------------"
-echo "Reproduction pipeline local configuration"
-echo "-----------------------------------------"
-echo
-echo "Local configuration includes things like top-level directories,"
-echo "or processing steps."
-echo
-echo "It is STRONGLY recommended to read the comments, and set the best "
-echo "values for your system (where necessary)."
-echo
+cat <<EOF
+
+-----------------------------------------
+Reproduction pipeline local configuration
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Local configuration includes things like top-level directories, or
+processing steps.
+
+It is STRONGLY recommended to read the comments, and set the best values
+for your system (where necessary).
+
+EOF
 
 
 
@@ -172,18 +174,25 @@ fi
 # calling `DOWNLOADER' within the Makefiles, and finish the command with
 # the web address.
 if [ $rewritepconfig = yes ]; then
-    if type wget > /dev/null; then
+    if type wget > /dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
         downloader="wget -O";
     else
-        echo "======="
-        echo "Warning"
-        echo "======="
-        echo "Couldn't find GNU Wget. It is used for downloading necessary "
-        echo "programs and data if they aren't already present in the specified "
-        echo "directories. Therefore the pipeline will crash if the necessary "
-        echo "files are not already present on the system."
-        echo "======="
-        echo
+        cat <<EOF
+
+
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!         Warning        !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+Couldn't find GNU Wget. It is used for downloading necessary programs and
+data if they aren't already present in the specified directories. Therefore
+the pipeline will crash if the necessary files are not already present on
+the system.
+
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+
+EOF
         downloader="no-downloader-found"
     fi;
 fi