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+When Guile is obtained from CVS, a few extra steps must be taken
+before the usual configure, make, make install.  You will need to have
+up-to-date versions of the tools listed below, correctly installed.
+i.e., they must be found in the current PATH and not shadowed or
+otherwise broken by files left behind from other versions.
+
+"up-to-date" means the latest released versions at the time that Guile
+was obtained from CVS.  Sometimes older or newer versions will work.
+(See below for versions to avoid.)
+
+In addition to the guile/guile-core module that holds the main
+sources, you also need the two modules guile/guile-scripts and
+guile/workbook.  For example, you can use this command to check out
+all three modules:
+
+  $ cvs -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/guile \
+    co guile/guile-core guile/guile-scripts guile/workbook 
+
+Then you must run the autogen.sh script in guile/guile-core:
+
+  $ cd guile/guile-core
+  $ ./autogen.sh
+
+For more information about hacking Guile and some troubleshooting
+hints, see the file HACKING.  It can be found in guile/guile-core and
+guile/workbook/build/dist-files/.