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-rwxr-xr-x | configure | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | m4/acinclude.m4 | 9 |
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 ]) |