Index: job.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/make/make/job.c,v
retrieving revision 1.160
diff -u -r1.160 job.c
--- job.c	12 Nov 2004 21:30:20 -0000	1.160
+++ job.c	28 Jan 2005 21:31:45 -0000
@@ -385,13 +385,13 @@
 #ifdef VMS
   if (!(exit_code & 1))
       error (NILF,
-             (ignored ? _("*** [%s] Error 0x%x (ignored)")
-              : _("*** [%s] Error 0x%x")),
+             (ignored ? _("*** [%s] Error 0x%x (ignored); see the first error message above for the original cause of this error")
+              : _("*** [%s] Error 0x%x; see the first error message above for the original cause of this error")),
              target_name, exit_code);
 #else
   if (exit_sig == 0)
-    error (NILF, ignored ? _("[%s] Error %d (ignored)") :
-	   _("*** [%s] Error %d"),
+    error (NILF, ignored ? _("[%s] Error %d (ignored); see the first error message above for the original cause of this error") :
+	   _("*** [%s] Error %d; see the first error message above for the original cause of this error"),
 	   target_name, exit_code);
   else
     error (NILF, "*** [%s] %s%s",
