List of dependendies of gnulib.

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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/