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2007-04-03 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+ * DEPENDENCIES: New file.
+ Suggested by Simon Josefsson.
+
+2007-04-03 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
* doc/gnulib.texi: Escape @.
2007-04-03 James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>
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+The following packages are needed by maintainers for using 'gnulib-tool':
+
+* A C runtime and compiler (e.g. GNU gcc 2.95 or newer).
+ + Mandatory.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://gcc.gnu.org/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
+
+* A 'make' utility (e.g. GNU make 3.79.1 or newer).
+ + Mandatory.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
+
+* GNU m4 1.4.9 or newer.
+ + Mandatory.
+ Autoconf requires GNU m4 1.4 or newer, and Autoconf 2.61 triggers bugs
+ in GNU m4 < 1.4.8.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
+
+* GNU autoconf 2.59 or newer.
+ + Mandatory.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
+
+* GNU automake 1.10 or newer.
+ + Mandatory.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
+
+* GNU gettext 0.16.1.
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed if you use modules which make use of internationalization (many do).
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
+
+* GNU bison 2.0 or newer.
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed if you use the 'getdate' module.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
+
+* GNU gperf 3.0.1 or newer.
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed if you use the 'iconv_open' module.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
+
+* GNU texinfo 4.2 or newer.
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed if you use modules that include documentation.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
+
+* GNU sed
+ + Recommended.
+ Needed on platforms where the vendor's 'sed' program is too buggy.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
+
+* GNU libtool 1.5.22 or newer.
+ + Optional.
+ Needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool with option --libtool.
+ + Homepage:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
+ + Download:
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/