From a9733794bb48f9d0779df47229210e5cb30d02a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:13:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] maint: mention help2man, texinfo, apt-get * README-hacking: Add help2man, texinfo. Describe how to add packages if you're using Debian. --- README-hacking | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking index 28870cb2..ab82a3a2 100644 --- a/README-hacking +++ b/README-hacking @@ -62,13 +62,22 @@ tools we depend upon, including: - Gettext - Graphviz - Gzip +- Help2man - Perl - Rsync - Tar +- Texinfo Valgrind is also highly recommended, if it supports your architecture. +If you're using a GNU/Linux distribution, the easiest way to install the +above packages depends on your system. The following shell command should +work for Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu: + + sudo apt-get install \ + autoconf automake autopoint flex graphviz help2man texinfo valgrind + Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping issues. The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the -- 2.45.2