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 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
17 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
20 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'make' gives good portability
21 exposure for in-tree builds, but VPATH builds require GNU Make 3.79.1 or
24 http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
26 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
27 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
29 * GNU M4 1.4.5 or newer.
30 + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but 1.4.9 or newer is recommended.
32 http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
34 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
35 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
37 * Autoconf 2.59 or newer.
40 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
42 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
43 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
45 * Automake 1.9.6 or newer.
48 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
50 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
51 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
54 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'sh' gives good portability
55 exposure, but you can also use Bash.
57 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
59 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
60 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
62 * Core POSIX utilities, including:
63 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
64 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
65 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
67 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
68 exposure, but you can also use GNU coreutils.
70 http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
72 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
73 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
75 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
76 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
77 exposure, but you can also use GNU diffutils.
79 http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
81 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
82 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
84 * The patch utility 'patch'.
85 + Mandatory if you use gnulib-local diffs. Using the platform's native
86 utilities gives good portability exposure, but you can also use GNU
89 http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/
91 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
92 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
95 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability
96 exposure, but you can also use GNU grep.
98 http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
100 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
101 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
104 + If your project wants to follow GNU Coding Standards:
105 + Always use the newest available gettext release, see
106 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html>.
107 + Use the 'gettext' module.
108 + If your project cares more about ease of development on older platforms:
109 + gettext 0.17 or newer.
110 + Use the 'gettext-h' module.
112 Needed if you use modules that use internationalization (many do).
114 http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
116 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
117 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
119 * Bison 2.0 or newer.
121 Needed if you use the 'parse-datetime' module.
123 http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
125 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
126 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
128 * GNU gperf 3.0.1 or newer.
130 Needed if you use the 'iconv_open' module.
132 http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
134 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
135 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/
137 * Texinfo 4.6 or newer.
139 Needed if you use modules that include documentation.
141 http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
143 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
144 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
148 Needed on platforms where the vendor's 'sed' program is too buggy.
150 http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
152 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
153 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
155 * GNU libtool 1.5.22 or newer.
157 Needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool with option --libtool.
158 libtool 2.2.x or newer is needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool
159 with options --create-testdir/--test and --libtool.
161 http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
163 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
164 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/