build: Remove check for root.

[libguestfs.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 04b1ab6..5752c62 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@ please see the section "LIBGUESTFS VERSION NUMBERS" in guestfs(3).
 ***])
        ])
 
-dnl Die if the user tries to configure as root, see:
-dnl https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-April/msg00098.html
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if you are trying to configure as root])
-AS_IF([test "`id -u`" = 0 ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-            AC_MSG_FAILURE([Don't run './configure' or 'make' as root.])
-      ],[
-            AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-      ])
-
 dnl Early gnulib initialization.
 gl_EARLY
 gl_INIT
@@ -381,7 +371,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_readline" != xno],
 
 dnl For i18n.
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
 
 dnl libmagic (highly recommended)
 AC_CHECK_LIB([magic],[magic_file],