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From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:44:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: adjust README-prereq instructions
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* README-prereq: Reverse order of -b/--track options.
 Pádraig Brady mentioned that is required with at least git-1.5.3.6.
Invoke automake's own bootstrap script.
---
 README-prereq | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq
index f6ff48ea51..76463ea5a1 100644
--- a/README-prereq
+++ b/README-prereq
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ getting the prerequisites for particular systems.
     # yum install help2man #required to build automake fully
     $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake.git
     $ cd automake
-    $ git checkout --track origin/next -b next
+    $ git checkout -b next --track origin/next
+    $ ./bootstrap
     $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/coreutils/deps
     $ make install
 
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2.47.3