diff --git a/LOG b/LOG
index 36e46fbcc1..b10c19fb57 100644
--- a/LOG
+++ b/LOG
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@
 - liberalized get-mode check for ../mats.  it's not our business whether
   people make their directories group and/or other writeable.
     6.ms
+- make test now prints the actual relative path to summary in the
+  "check summary" message, whether invoked from the top-level directory
+  or from the workarea.
+    Makefile.in, Makefile-workarea.in
+- configure now just uses cat to copy Makefile-workarea.in to $w/workarea,
+  since the file is presently the same regardless of the configuration.
+    configure
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a806ed25f6..1493aaab76 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ git submodule init && git submodule update || exit 1
 
 sed -e 's/$(workarea)/'$w'/g' makefiles/Makefile.in > Makefile
 
-sed -e 's/$(m)/'$m'/g' makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in > $w/Makefile
+cat makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in > $w/Makefile
 
 sed -e 's/$(m)/'$m'/g'\
     -e 's/$(workarea)/'$w'/g'\
diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in b/makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in
index a9f44638a0..300023c49a 100644
--- a/makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile-workarea.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+PREFIX=
 
 build:
 	(cd c ; $(MAKE))
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ install: build
 
 test: build
 	(cd mats ; $(MAKE) allx)
-	@echo "test run complete.  check mats/summary for errors."
+	@echo "test run complete.  check $(PREFIX)mats/summary for errors."
 
 bootfiles: build
 	$(MAKE) -f Mf-boot
diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.in b/makefiles/Makefile.in
index 4b4abe338c..8160d23ba5 100644
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.in
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ install:
 	(cd $(workarea) && $(MAKE) install)
 
 test:
-	(cd $(workarea) && $(MAKE) test)
+	(cd $(workarea) && $(MAKE) test PREFIX=$(workarea)/)
 
 bootfiles:
 	(cd $(workarea) && $(MAKE) bootfiles)