diff -r 5b6ad1bd6ace -r 88a6114a318c QTfrontend/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/QTfrontend/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Mar 07 10:16:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Mar 07 11:55:00 2013 +0100
@@ -166,15 +166,13 @@
                          util/platform/M3InstallController.m
                          util/platform/NSWorkspace_RBAdditions.m
                          )
-    if(NOT NOAUTOUPDATE)
-        include(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/utils.cmake)
-        find_package_or_disable(Sparkle NOAUTOUPDATE)
+    include(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/utils.cmake)
+    find_package_or_disable_msg(Sparkle NOAUTOUPDATE "Autoupdater will not be built.")
+    if(SPARKLE_FOUND)
         add_definitions(-DSPARKLE_ENABLED)
         list(APPEND hwfr_src util/platform/AutoUpdater.cpp
                              util/platform/SparkleAutoUpdater.mm)
         list(APPEND HW_LINK_LIBS ${SPARKLE_LIBRARY})
-    else()
-        message(STATUS "Sparkle autoupdater disabled")
     endif()
 endif()