bug#15612: README-prereq patch

[Pádraig Brady]

On 10/14/2013 09:01 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> There's a `cd' missing in the README-prereq in git.

Addressed with this just pushed patch.

commit 15fca2a02e38d69915c52ef41eee3c7d52b67f3e
Author: Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Oct 15 11:05:49 2013 +0100

    maint: update the instructions for building prerequisites

    * README-prereq: Update as per the latest required versions
    in bootstrap.conf.  Also add a missing cd command.
    Reported by Aaron Davies
    Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/15612

diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq
index 66688dc..0232d9c 100644
--- a/README-prereq
+++ b/README-prereq
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ set correctly by running this command:

 * autoconf *

-  # Note Autoconf 2.62 or newer is needed to build automake-1.11.1
+  # Note Autoconf 2.62 or newer is needed to build automake-1.11.2
+  # but we specify 2.64 here as that's what coreutils requires.
+  # Please use the latest stable release version as indicated by git tags.
   git clone --depth=1 git://git.sv.gnu.org/autoconf.git
-  git checkout v2.62
+  cd autoconf
+  git checkout v2.64
   autoreconf -vi
   ./configure --prefix=$prefix
   make install
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ set correctly by running this command:
   # Note help2man is required to build automake fully
   git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/automake.git
   cd automake
-  git checkout v1.11.1
+  git checkout v1.11.2
   ./bootstrap
   ./configure --prefix=$prefix
   make install