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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-06-08 09:27:36 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2017-06-08 09:27:48 -0700
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* doc/build-automation.texi: Mention DEPENDENCIES.
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@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ your favorite platform, you may perform these steps:
@item Prerequisites tools
-Install the proper development tools. To build all of Gnulib well,
-you will need standard POSIX utilities such as a C compiler,
+Install the proper development tools. To build and test all of
+Gnulib, you will need development tools for the programming languages
+C, C++, Java, and Perl, along with standard POSIX utilities such as
@command{awk}, @command{make} and @command{sh}. You will also need
-other development tools such as Autoconf, Automake, Bison, Gettext,
-Git, Gperf, Libtool, and Perl, although some of these tools are needed
-only by some modules.
+development tools that include Autoconf, Automake, Bison, Gettext,
+Git, GNU M4, Gperf, Libtool, and Texinfo. Some of these tools are
+needed only by some modules. More details can be found in Gnulib's
+@file{DEPENDENCIES} file.
@item Obtain Gnulib