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diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha
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+++ b/README-alpha
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ to accommodate older versions of these packages.  If we discover that
 newer versions are needed to bootstrap, we'll update the version
 numbers in this list.
 
 newer versions are needed to bootstrap, we'll update the version
 numbers in this list.
 

-autoconf 2.57
-automake 1.7.5
+autoconf 2.59
+automake 1.8

 bison 1.875
 gettext 0.12.1
 m4 1.4
 bison 1.875
 gettext 0.12.1
 m4 1.4


@@ -22,33 +22,36 @@ This patch is bundled into Debian m4 1.4-17 or later.
 
 Before building the package, run "bootstrap".  It obtains various
 additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project
 
 Before building the package, run "bootstrap".  It obtains various
 additional files from the CVS repository and the Translation Project

-site and prepares the source directory for building.  The exact way
-of invoking bootstrap depends on whether you have the sources for gnulib
-installed somewhere on your system and on the method you use to access
-the CVS at savannah.
-
-If you already have gnulib sources on your machine, run:
-
-       ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME
-
-Otherwise, if you have developer's access to savannah:
-
-a) if you access CVS via ssh, set the environment variable CVS_RSH
-to ssh and run ./bootstrap without arguments.
-
-b) if you access CVS via Kerberos, run
-
-        ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=gserver
-
-Otherwise, if you are not a member of Savannah, run
-
-        ./bootstrap --cvs-auth=pserver
-
-When prompted for a password for anoncvs, simply press the Enter key.
+site and prepares the source directory for building.
+
+When run without arguments, bootstrap will try to obtain gnulib files
+from CVS repository on savannah using anonymous SSH access. Then, it
+will fetch the po files from tar page at Translation Project, and,
+finally, it will start autoconfiguration process. Simply running
+it without arguments should do in most cases. Several options
+allow to control the behavior of bootstrap:
+
+
+ --gnulib-srcdir=DIRNAME      Specify the local directory where gnulib
+                              sources reside. Use this if you already
+                              have gnulib sources on your machine, and
+                              do not want to waste your bandwidth dowloading
+                              them again.
+ --cvs-auth=METHOD            Set the CVS access method used for downloading
+                              gnulib files. METHOD is one of the keywords
+                              accepted by cvs -d option (see info cvs
+                              repository).
+ --cvs-user=USERNAME          Set the CVS username to be used when accessing
+                              the gnulib repository.
+ --no-po                      Do not download po files.
+
+Notice also that when using CVS authentication method "ext", bootstrap
+will set the variable CVS_RSH to "ssh", unless it is already set to
+some other value.

 
 \f
 
 
 \f
 

-Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
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