diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 4b06bef848..b1aa4c6d6d 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6597,3 +6597,16 @@ Eric   1 Nov 2012
      client/
          scripts/
              Makefile.am
+
+Eric   1 Nov 2012
+    - First fixes for out-of-source-tree configure and compile
+    - samples/example_app will no longer build by default.  To build
+      person compile must run make in the example_app directory in-source-tree.
+      Thats because the Makefile is not and should not be generated by automake.
+      
+      Makefile.am 
+      Makefile.incl 
+      m4/
+          sah_header_stdcxx.m4 
+          sah_largefile_breaks_cxx.m4 
+          sah_links.m4