Author: Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>

Log message:

Commit the code change intended for the last commit, and the ChangeLog
entry for the code change that was actually in the last commit (to fix
and clarify a startup error message).

git-svn-id: file:///home/klmitch/undernet-ircu/undernet-ircu-svn/ircu2/branches/u2_10_12_branch@1864 c9e4aea6-c8fd-4c43-8297-357d70d61c8c