diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9c48f2b3..dc28eca2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-10  Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101@psu.edu>
+
+	* configure.in: Put in error message telling people
+	not to use HEAD for the time being untill I merger the
+	porting branch
+
 2002-01-09  Darin Adler  <darin@bentspoon.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Fix install problem.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 47fe0f28..3cf6d44d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ AC_INIT(copyright.txt)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
+if test -z "$I_LIKE_PAIN"; then
+AC_MSG_ERROR([
+*** You don't want this version of libgtop!
+*** If you want the GNOME 2.0 port then check out
+*** the libgtop-GNOME-2-0-port branch of libgtop
+*** You can do this by typing
+*** cvs update -r libgtop-GNOME-2-0-port libgtop/
+*** in the directory above this one.
+*** If you are looking for the stable branch then 
+*** check out the LIBGTOP_STABLE_1_0 branch
+***])
+fi
+  
 dnl This is required at several places
 AC_CHECK_PROG(ac_dc_found, dc, yes, no)
 if test x$ac_dc_found != xyes ; then