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diff --git a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
index 785e85a..0667da7 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ void cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator::Generate()
this->GenerateSourceProject = (this->IsOutOfSourceBuild &&
mf->IsOn("ECLIPSE_CDT4_GENERATE_SOURCE_PROJECT"));
+ if (cmSystemTools::IsSubDirectory(this->HomeOutputDirectory.c_str(),
+ this->HomeDirectory.c_str()))
+ {
+ mf->IssueMessage(cmake::WARNING, "The build directory is a subdirectory "
+ "of the source directory.\n"
+ "This is not supported well by Eclipse. It is strongly "
+ "recommended to use a build directory which is a "
+ "sibling of the source directory.");
+ }
+
// NOTE: This is not good, since it pollutes the source tree. However,
// Eclipse doesn't allow CVS/SVN to work when the .project is not in
// the cvs/svn root directory. Hence, this is provided as an option.