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Document autoconf dependency in README

The boot script calls autoreconf on line 204. If not present this gives the error message

[...]
Booting .
Can't exec "autoreconf": No such file or directory at boot line 204, <PKGS> line 2.
Running autoreconf failed with exitcode -1 at boot line 204, <PKGS> line 2.

For those following the README to build GHC for the first time this is unfriendly. I had to Google to find that I had to install the autoconf package (on Ubuntu).

The dependency on autoconf should be documented in README.

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Version 7.4.1
Type Bug
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Resolution Unresolved
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