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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--DEPENDENCIES10
-rwxr-xr-xbuild-aux/bootstrap22
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a1fccba9f..455bb6a680 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-12-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ bootstrap: detect tools required by gnulib-tool
+ * build-aux/bootstrap (buildreq): Provide minimum implicit
+ dependencies.
+ * DEPENDENCIES: Mention patch as a prereq.
+
2011-12-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
sethostname: Port to Windows platforms.
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index f025ab2d5c..91cd6c543d 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ at any time.
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
+* The patch utility 'patch'.
+ + Mandatory if you use gnulib-local diffs. Using the platform's native
+ utilities gives good portability exposure, but you can also use GNU
+ patch.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
+
* Grep.
+ Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability
exposure, but you can also use GNU grep.
diff --git a/build-aux/bootstrap b/build-aux/bootstrap
index f76db9aea2..3c39f4a524 100755
--- a/build-aux/bootstrap
+++ b/build-aux/bootstrap
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Print a version string.
-scriptversion=2011-08-11.17; # UTC
+scriptversion=2011-12-07.20; # UTC
# Bootstrap this package from checked-out sources.
@@ -473,6 +473,26 @@ if test $use_libtool = 1; then
find_tool LIBTOOLIZE glibtoolize libtoolize
fi
+case $buildreq in
+ automake) ;;
+ *) buildreq="automake 1.9
+$buildreq" ;;
+esac
+case $buildreq in
+ autoconf) ;;
+ *) buildreq="autoconf 2.59
+$buildreq" ;;
+esac
+if test ! -d "$local_gl_dir" \
+ || find "$local_gl_dir" -name '*.diff' -exec false {} +; then
+ :
+else
+ case $buildreq in
+ patch) ;;
+ *) buildreq="patch -
+$buildreq" ;;
+ esac
+fi
if ! printf "$buildreq" | check_versions; then
echo >&2
if test -f README-prereq; then