./configure --enable-maintainer-mode
make dist \endverbatim
+Moreover, you should never call the autotools manually since you must run
+them in a specific order with specific arguments. Most of the times, the
+makefiles will automatically call the tools for you. When it's not possible
+(such as the first time you checkout the CVS), use the ./bootstrap command
+to call them explicitely.
+
+If you need to compile the CVS version on a machine where all these
+dependencies are not met, the easiest is to do <tt>make dist</tt> in the CVS
+dir, on another machine where all dependencies are met. It will create an
+archive you may deploy on other sites just as a regular stable release.
+
\subsection faq_setting_MSG Setting up your own MSG code
Do not build your simulator by modifying the SimGrid examples. Go
