If the Makefile does this for the user, then no arguments are passed. So
it's only polite to let the user know that it's possible to get pass those
arguments.
# Before including any other Makefile fragments, get settings from the
# output of configure
Makefile.config: configure
+ @echo ""
+ @echo "Note: Calling ./configure with no command-line arguments. This is often fine,"
+ @echo " but if you want to specify any arguments (such as an alternate prefix"
+ @echo " into which to install), call ./configure explicitly and then make again."
+ @echo ""
./configure
include Makefile.config