Mention the automake version 1.10 requirement

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+Build tools requirements
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+
+When building and testing directly from the repository it is important to
+have at least automake version 1.10 or later installed. All modern
+distributions should default to the latest version, but it seems that
+Debian's default is still an earlier version:
+
+  Check version
+    # dpkg -l '*automake*'
+
+  Install new version
+    # apt-get install automake1.10
+    # update-alternatives --config automake
+
+
 Working with the source code repository
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