Index: common.scm
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--- common.scm
+++ common.scm
@@ -2701,11 +2701,11 @@
 		       toppath-in))
 	 (pdbpath  (or (configf:lookup mtconf "setup"  "pdbpath") pktsdir)))
     (cond
      ((not (and  pktsdir toppath pdbpath))
       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: settings are missing in your megatest.config for area management.")
-      (debug:print  0 *default-log-port* "  you need to have pktsdir in the [setup] section."))
+      (debug:print  0 *default-log-port* "  you need to have pktsdirs in the [setup] section."))
      ((not (common:file-exists? pktsdir))
       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: pkts directory not found " pktsdir))
      ((not (equal? (file-owner pktsdir)(current-effective-user-id)))
       (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: directory " pktsdir " is not owned by " (current-effective-user-name)))
      (else