1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 24633a84018..7ed696ce423 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -695,6 +695,8 @@ maybe_bootstrap:
         @if [ ! -f $(srcdir)/lisp/abbrev.elc ]; then \
           echo "Essential Lisp files seem to be missing.  You should either"; \
           echo "do \`make bootstrap' or create \`lisp/abbrev.elc' somehow.";    \
+          echo "This Make job will now hang till you kill it."; \
+          while true; do sleep 10; done; \
         fi
 
 bootstrap: bootstrap-clean-before bootstrap-lisp-1 bootstrap-src bootstrap-lisp bootstrap-clean-after all info