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diff --git a/README-cvs b/README-cvs
index c7043333..dd0b18d7 100644
--- a/README-cvs
+++ b/README-cvs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ the maintenance, merges etc.), therefore you will have to the
 maintainer tools we depend upon:
 
 - Automake 1.6 or 1.6.1
-- Autoconf 2.53 or better
-  (actually, CVS Autoconf provides a better autoreconf...
-   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.53a.tar.gz)
-- Gettext 0.10.1
+- Autoconf 2.53a or better
+  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53a.tar.gz   (992 kB)
+  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53a.tar.bz2  (756 kB)
+- Gettext 0.11.3
 
 Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful,
 later, a plain `cvs update -P & make' should be sufficient.
@@ -22,19 +22,7 @@ information on:
 
 The next step is asking the installation of all the missing files:
 
-	$ autoreconf -f -v -i
-
-Unfortunately, this will change a few files that should not have been
-replaced, so remove them, and ask for the original copies:
-
-	$ rm Makefile.am configure.in m4/Makefile.am
-	$ cvs update
-
-(Hopefully, these steps will no longer be needed in the future.)
-Because of these changes, running autoreconf a second, and last time,
-is needed.  Pay attention that the options are different this time:
-
-	$ autoreconf -v -f
+	$ ./bootstrap
 
 And there you are!  Just
 
@@ -49,24 +37,38 @@ should output no difference, except maybe the date in po/*.po files.
 
 Enjoy!
 
+* Troubleshooting
+
+Unfortunately the current Gettext still does not include all the
+needed tools so that the bootstrapping always perform successfully.
+
+If you experiment problems, I suggest the following:
+
+1. do a regular CVS checkout
+2. fetch http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/bison-1.49b.tar.gz
+3. extract it
+4. override the content of your checkout with the content of this
+   tarball, i.e.:
+   cp -r bison-1.49b/* bison-cvs
+5. proceed on ./configure && make etc.
 
 -----
 
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-This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
+This file is part of GNU Bison.
 
-GNU Autoconf is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+GNU Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 any later version.
 
-GNU Autoconf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+GNU Bison is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
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-along with autoconf; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+along with Bison; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
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