diff --git a/misc/maintenance/check_sysprefs.sh b/misc/maintenance/check_sysprefs.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+echo "This script will compare your systempreferences with what is expected"
+echo "If you see only '#No tests run!' below, your systempreferences are OK."
+echo "Otherwise, you'll get SQL comment to insert missing systempreferences"
+echo "===== Test result ====="
+perl `dirname $0`/../../t/db_dependent/check_sysprefs.t --showsql