1 The following packages are needed by maintainers for using
2 'gnulib-tool'. In general, Gnulib prefers the latest stable
3 version of each package, but in some cases it also supports
4 older versions; this caters to commonly-used software
5 distributions that may lag behind the latest stable package.
6 Support for older versions is not guaranteed, though, and
7 the version numbers in the following list may be incremented
10 * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
11 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'cc' gives good portability
12 exposure, but you can also use GCC 2.95 or newer.
16 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
19 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'make' gives good portability
20 exposure for in-tree builds, but VPATH builds require GNU Make 3.79.1 or
23 https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
25 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
27 * GNU M4 1.4.5 or newer.
28 + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but 1.4.9 or newer is recommended.
30 https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
32 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
34 * Autoconf 2.64 or newer.
37 https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
39 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
41 * Automake 1.11.1 or newer.
44 https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
46 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
49 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'sh' gives good portability
50 exposure, but you can also use Bash.
52 https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
54 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
56 * Core POSIX utilities, including:
57 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
58 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
59 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
61 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
62 exposure, but you can also use GNU coreutils.
64 https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
66 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
68 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
69 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
70 exposure, but you can also use GNU diffutils.
72 https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
74 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
76 * The patch utility 'patch'.
77 + Mandatory if you use gnulib-local diffs. Using the platform's native
78 utilities gives good portability exposure, but you can also use GNU
81 https://www.gnu.org/software/patch/
83 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
86 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability
87 exposure, but you can also use GNU grep.
89 https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
91 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
94 + If your project wants to follow GNU Coding Standards:
95 + Always use the newest available gettext release, see
96 <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html>.
97 + Use the 'gettext' module.
98 + If your project cares more about ease of development on older platforms:
99 + gettext 0.17 or newer.
100 + Use the 'gettext-h' module.
102 Needed if you use modules that use internationalization (many do).
104 https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
106 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
108 * Bison 2.0 or newer.
110 Needed if you use the 'parse-datetime' module.
112 https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
114 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
116 * GNU gperf 3.0.1 or newer.
117 + 3.0.1 or newer is mandatory, but 3.1 or newer is recommended.
118 Needed if you use the 'iconv_open' module.
120 https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
122 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
124 * Texinfo 4.6 or newer.
126 Needed if you use modules that include documentation.
128 https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
130 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
134 Needed on platforms where the vendor's 'sed' program is too buggy.
136 https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
138 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
140 * GNU libtool 1.5.22 or newer.
142 Needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool with option --libtool.
143 libtool 2.2.x or newer is needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool
144 with options --create-testdir/--test and --libtool.
146 https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
148 https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/