Ken Hornstein's SASL patch was not integrated properly with Ruud's new merged

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@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ The correct procedure to commit the configure-related files is:
     % make stamp-h.in                                 # or simply "make"
     % cvs commit stamp-h.in
 
-The reason that the commits need to be split up is that the RCS Id strings
-in the files change when you commit, which can apparently mess up the
-dependencies.  [How?  -- Dan Harkless <dan-nmh@dilvish.speed.net>]  If this were
-not the case, you could commit with a single make followed by a
-cvs commit acconfig.h aclocal.m4 config.h.in configure.in configure stamp-h.in.
+The reason that the commits need to be split up is that the timestamps on the
+files change when the commits are done and the RCS Ids change.  If one committed
+all the files in one fell swoop (in the above relative order), timestamps would
+cause unnecessary autoconf regeneration on 'make's after the commit, which would
+waste your time and would cause your local stamp-h.in to be out-of-sync with the
+one checked into CVS (not the end of the world, but...).
 
 If you haven't changed all the files noted above, just commit the ones you have,
 in the stated order (for instance, configure.in, then configure, then