1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9795ec100..974121e78 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -523,8 +523,9 @@ if ($config{OSNAME} =~ /FreeBSD/i)
 	my $version = `uname -r`;
 	if ($version =~ /^4\./)
 	{
-		print "yes\n";
-		exit 1;
+		print "yes. Please upgrade, FreeBSD 4.x is no longer supported\n";
+		print "To build, you will need to add the following to CXXFLAGS:\n";
+		print "\t-L/usr/local/lib -lgnugetopt -DHAVE_DECL_GETOPT=1\n";
  	}
 	else
 	{