build: require automake-1.10b or newer

* bootstrap.conf: Require at least automake-1.10b.
* README-prereq: Mention 1.10b, not 1.10a.

diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq
index d65fe48..f6ff48e 100644 (file)
--- a/README-prereq
+++ b/README-prereq
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ getting the prerequisites for particular systems.
     # yum install emacs #autoconf build requires emacs (20MB)
     # rpmbuild --rebuild http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/autoconf-2.63-1.fc10.src.rpm
     # rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/autoconf-2.63-1.fc8.noarch.rpm
-  Note Autoconf 2.61a-341 or newer is needed to build automake-1.10a in step 3.
+  Note Autoconf 2.61a-341 or newer is needed to build automake-1.10b in step 3.
   Apply the same method to install the lzma package.
   [FIXME: mention xz when it's packaged]
 
-  3. The latest released automake (1.10.1) was not new enough, so we download
-  and build automake-1.10a from its repository and make it available
+  3. The latest stable automake (1.10.1) was not new enough, so we download
+  and build automake-1.10b or newer from its repository and make it available
   just to coreutils:
     # yum install help2man #required to build automake fully
     $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake.git
-    $ cd automake && ./configure --prefix=$HOME/coreutils/deps
+    $ cd automake
+    $ git checkout --track origin/next -b next
+    $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/coreutils/deps
     $ make install
 
   Now we can build coreutils as described in README-hacking

diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 0747bb8..4baebb0 100644 (file)
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ gnulib_tool_option_extras="--tests-base=$bt/gnulib-tests --with-tests"
 # Build prerequisites
 buildreq="\
 autoconf   2.61
-automake   1.10a
+automake   1.10b
 autopoint  -
 bison      -
 gettext    -