diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/Makefile.am mpfr-2.3.0-b/Makefile.am
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/Makefile.am	2007-08-29 10:18:11.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/Makefile.am	2007-09-02 23:19:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@
 
 MAKEINFOFLAGS = --enable-encoding
 
-get_patches.c: PATCHES get_patches.sh
-	./get_patches.sh > $@ || rm -f $@
+# Important note: If for some reason, srcdir is read-only at build time
+# (and you use objdir != srcdir), then you need to rebuild get_patches.c
+# (with "make get_patches.c") just after patching the MPFR source. This
+# should not be a problem in practice, in particular because "make dist"
+# automatically rebuilds get_patches.c before generating the archives.
+$(srcdir)/get_patches.c: PATCHES get_patches.sh
+	(cd $(srcdir) && ./get_patches.sh) > $@ || rm -f $@
 
 # Do not add get_patches.c to CLEANFILES so that this file doesn't
 # need to be (re)built as long as no patches are applied. Anyway the
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/Makefile.in mpfr-2.3.0-b/Makefile.in
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/Makefile.in	2007-08-29 10:27:18.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/Makefile.in	2007-09-02 23:59:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1665,8 +1665,13 @@
 	uninstall-info-am uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES
 
 
-get_patches.c: PATCHES get_patches.sh
-	./get_patches.sh > $@ || rm -f $@
+# Important note: If for some reason, srcdir is read-only at build time
+# (and you use objdir != srcdir), then you need to rebuild get_patches.c
+# (with "make get_patches.c") just after patching the MPFR source. This
+# should not be a problem in practice, in particular because "make dist"
+# automatically rebuilds get_patches.c before generating the archives.
+$(srcdir)/get_patches.c: PATCHES get_patches.sh
+	(cd $(srcdir) && ./get_patches.sh) > $@ || rm -f $@
 
 tune:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) tuneup$(EXEEXT)
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/PATCHES mpfr-2.3.0-b/PATCHES
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/PATCHES	2007-08-29 10:18:11.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/PATCHES	2007-09-02 23:59:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+get_patches
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/VERSION mpfr-2.3.0-b/VERSION
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/VERSION	2007-08-29 10:18:11.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/VERSION	2007-09-02 23:55:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.0
+2.3.0-p1
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/mpfr.h mpfr-2.3.0-b/mpfr.h
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/mpfr.h	2007-08-29 10:18:11.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/mpfr.h	2007-09-02 23:55:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define MPFR_VERSION_MINOR 3
 #define MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0
-#define MPFR_VERSION_STRING "2.3.0"
+#define MPFR_VERSION_STRING "2.3.0-p1"
 
 /* Macros dealing with MPFR VERSION */
 #define MPFR_VERSION_NUM(a,b,c) (((a) << 16L) | ((b) << 8) | (c))
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/tests/tversion.c mpfr-2.3.0-b/tests/tversion.c
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/tests/tversion.c	2007-08-29 10:18:10.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/tests/tversion.c	2007-09-02 23:55:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   version = mpfr_get_version ();
 
   /* This test is disabled when a suffix (e.g. -dev) has been defined. */
-#if 1
+#if 0
   sprintf (buffer, "%d.%d.%d", MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR, MPFR_VERSION_MINOR,
            MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL);
   if (strcmp (buffer, version) != 0)
diff -Naurd mpfr-2.3.0-a/version.c mpfr-2.3.0-b/version.c
--- mpfr-2.3.0-a/version.c	2007-08-29 10:18:11.000000000 +0000
+++ mpfr-2.3.0-b/version.c	2007-09-02 23:55:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 const char *
 mpfr_get_version (void)
 {
-  return "2.3.0";
+  return "2.3.0-p1";
 }