Index: kitcreator
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--- kitcreator
+++ kitcreator
@@ -18,10 +18,18 @@
 if [ "$1" = "distclean" ]; then
 	shift
 
 	mode="distclean"
 fi
+
+# Verify that "pre.sh" has been run if this is a development snapshot of
+# KitCreator
+if [ -f 'build/pre.sh' ]; then
+	if ! find 'kitsh/buildsrc/' -name configure -type f >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo "Please remember to run 'build/pre.sh' if you expect this build to work." >&2
+	fi
+fi
 
 # Define the list of all packages, for cleaning purposes
 KITCREATOR_ALLPKGS="kitsh tcl tclvfs zlib tk itcl mk4tcl thread"
 for pkg in ${KITCREATOR_ALLPKGS}; do
 	rm -f "${pkg}/build.log"