configure: improved generic RELEASE file

configure/RELEASE

@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
-#RELEASE Location of external products
+# pvDataCPP RELEASE - Location of external support modules
 #
-# IF YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES to this file you MUST at least run
-# "gnumake" in this directory afterwards; you usually need
-# to run "gnumake rebuild" in the application's top level
-# directory each time this file is changed.
+# IF YOU CHANGE this file or any file it includes you must
+# subsequently do a "gnumake rebuild" in the application's
+# top level directory.
 #
-# NOTE: The build does not check dependencies against files
-# that are outside this application, thus you should run
-# "gnumake distclean install" in the top directory each time
-# EPICS_BASE, SNCSEQ, or any other external module defined
-# in the RELEASE file is rebuilt.
+# The build process does not check dependencies against files
+# that are outside this application, thus you should also do a
+# "gnumake rebuild" in the top level directory after EPICS_BASE
+# or any other external module pointed to below is rebuilt.
 #
-# Host/target specific settings can be specified in files named
+# Host- or target-specific settings can be given in files named
 #  RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).Common
 #  RELEASE.Common.$(T_A)
 #  RELEASE.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH).$(T_A)
 
-TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top
-EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
-
-# Create a file RELEASE.local containing the
-# location of your EPICS_BASE, e.g.
-# EPICS_BASE=/home/install/epics/base
+# EPICS V4 Developers: Do not edit the locations in this file!
+#
+# Create a file RELEASE.local pointing to your EPICS_BASE
+# build directory, e.g.
+#   EPICS_BASE = /home/install/epics/base
 
 -include $(TOP)/configure/RELEASE.local
 -include $(TOP)/../RELEASE.local