-- trunk/c++/src/build-system/configure 2012/12/27 15:43:29     56694
+++ trunk/c++/src/build-system/configure        2013/01/03 03:16:14     56754
@@ -3125,7 +3125,8 @@
 fi
 
 case "$with_projects" in
- "") if test -r projects; then
+ ""|yes)
+     if test -r projects; then
         { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: using default projects file \"projects\"." >&5
 echo "$as_me: using default projects file \"projects\"." >&6;}
         with_projects=projects
@@ -3151,6 +3152,18 @@
  ;;
 esac
 
+if test -n "$with_projects"; then
+   case "$with_projects" in
+      /* ) abs_projects=$with_projects         ;;
+      yes) abs_projects=$srcdir/projects       ;;
+      *  ) abs_projects=$srcdir/$with_projects ;;
+   esac
+   test -r "$abs_projects"  ||  \
+      { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: unable to read requested projects file \"$abs_projects\"." >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: unable to read requested projects file \"$abs_projects\"." >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+fi
+
 # Check for custom optimization flags before potentially going with defaults.
 skip_fast_flags=no
 if test -z "${DEF_FAST_FLAGS}${FAST_CXXFLAGS}"; then
@@ -33825,7 +33838,7 @@
      sep=", "
    fi
    if test -n "$reason" -a "$with_internal" = "yes"; then
-      if test -z "$with_projects"  -o  "$with_projects" = "no"; then
+      if test -z "$with_projects"; then
          { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: --with-internal:  Cannot build INTERNAL projects: missing $reason" >&5
 echo "$as_me: error: --with-internal:  Cannot build INTERNAL projects: missing $reason" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
@@ -36062,11 +36075,9 @@
    else
       cfm_flags='-remoteptb'
    fi
-   case "$with_projects" in
-      yes     ) cfm_flags="$cfm_flags -p projects" ;;
-      no | '' ) ;;
-      *       ) cfm_flags="$cfm_flags -p $with_projects" ;;
-   esac
+   if test -n "$with_projects"; then
+      cfm_flags="$cfm_flags -p $with_projects"
+   fi
    if test "$with_configure_dialog" = yes; then
       cfm_flags="$cfm_flags -cfg"
    fi
@@ -36110,7 +36121,8 @@
 esac
 
 if test -n "$with_projects"; then
-    build_proj="To build selected projects:  cd $builddir && make all_p"
+    build_proj="To build selected projects (as listed in \"$with_projects\"):
+  cd $builddir && make all_p"
 fi
 
 cat << EOCONF