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-rwxr-xr-xconfigure2
-rw-r--r--m4/acinclude.m49
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0b8f850f982..e3f16917aaf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ fi
cd objdir
../configure
- This will create a build space in the directory `objdir'.
+ This will create a build space in the directory \`objdir'.
" 1>&2; exit 1; }
fi
diff --git a/m4/acinclude.m4 b/m4/acinclude.m4
index a0c87046af8..7aeeb7f740b 100644
--- a/m4/acinclude.m4
+++ b/m4/acinclude.m4
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ AC_DEFUN(ACE_CHECK_FOR_CVS_DIR,
Doing so will prevent accidentally committing automatically
generated files into the CVS repository and help ensure that
the generated files and build scheme are correct.
+
+ For example, try the following from the top-level source
+ directory:
+
+ mkdir objdir
+ cd objdir
+ ../configure
+
+ This will create a build space in the directory \`objdir'.
])
fi
])