Re: [help-gengetopt] Build dependencies

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote:
> The configure script checks for:
>  * bison
>  * byacc
>  * flex
>  * lex
>  * help2man
>  * valgrind
>  * gengen
>  * source-highlight
> 
> However the absence of some of these tools does not cause the build
> procedure to fail. Are these merely required for building the package
> or they are also needed for utilising all the features of Gengetopt?
> 

hi there

none of these tools are needed to build gengetopt, they're only needed
in some cases if you want to contribute to gengetopt development.
They are not even used by gengetopt itself during its execution.

furthermore, autotools are needed if you get gengetopt via CVS and build
it from CVS sources.

If you download the .tar.gz package instead, you don't need them.

See also the section in
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/gengetopt.html#Installation "What
you need to build gengetopt"

cheers
        Lorenzo

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