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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 versions of the tools listed in HACKING (see 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