https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31836
--- Comment #44 from Rafał Mużyło galtgendo@o2.pl --- Created attachment 53467 --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=53467 minor configure check tweak
This is basically what I was talking about. Mind I haven't tested it, so I might have mismatched the braces, but it's more to show the concept (the message is badly worded too).
As I've said, instead of dieing, it could set a var here and report it at the end of the process, but again, in my experience, non-dieing *fails* are a mistake.