Merge pull request #12603 from jsquyres/pr/add-helpful-submodule-status-message

autogen.pl: put in a helpful git submodule message

Author: bosilca

autogen.pl

@@ -1429,7 +1429,12 @@ sub replace_config_sub_guess {
         }
 
         if (!$happy) {
-            print("    ==> ERROR: Missing submodule\n\nThe submodule \"$path\" is missing.\n\n");
+                print("    ==> ERROR: Missing
+
+The submodule \"$path\" is missing.
+
+Perhaps you forgot to \"git clone --recursive ...\", or you need to
+\"git submodule update --init --recursive\"...?\n\n");
             exit(1);
         }
     }