--- a/configure	2019-08-07 20:44:13.708133253 -0500
+++ b/configure	2019-08-07 20:44:27.334099579 -0500
@@ -2640,10 +2640,10 @@
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if test "x${srcdir}" != "x."; then
-    echo "--srcdir is not supported"
-    exit 1
-fi
+#if test "x${srcdir}" != "x."; then
+#    echo "--srcdir is not supported"
+#    exit 1
+#fi
 
 WARNINGS="-Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wno-write-strings -Wformat"
 if test "x$ENABLE_WARNINGS" '!=' "x";then