advise dash users to try changing the shell 'configure' invokes.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/1.3.x@896524 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 761a9700a151959e5c858124a149a22a3ff16963..7411a3722344e01be311bbc783ea81b31c0060a3 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ if [ "x$bytes" != "x3" ]; then
         echo " + please set the SEO variable in 'configure' manually to"
         echo " + the required 'echo' options, i.e. those which force your"
         echo " + 'echo' to not interpret escape sequences per default."
+        echo
+        echo " + NOTE: You may also need to edit the shell invoked by"
+        echo " +       'configure'. Some shells (e.g. dash) have a"
+        echo " +       faulty echo builtin."
     else
         SEO='-E'
     fi