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init.sh: avoid unnecessary shell re-exec * tests/init.sh: Improve the re-exec-required check to first test the current shell. If it passes the test, do not search for a shell that does pass, and do not re-exec. This test is particularly contorted to avoid triggering misbehavior in Solaris 10's /bin/sh whereby any use of $(...) evokes a syntax error and causes immediate shell exit with status 2. Bruno Haible reported that the re-exec made it impossible to single-step through any init.sh-using script.
author Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
date Sun, 16 May 2010 18:34:08 +0200
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The following packages are needed by maintainers for using
'gnulib-tool'.  In general, Gnulib prefers the latest stable
version of each package, but in some cases it also supports
older versions; this caters to commonly-used software
distributions that may lag behind the latest stable package.
Support for older versions is not guaranteed, though, and
the version numbers in the following list may be incremented
at any time.

* A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'cc' gives good portability
    exposure, but you can also use GCC 2.95 or newer.
  + GCC Homepage:
    http://gcc.gnu.org/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/

* A 'make' utility.
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'make' gives good portability
    exposure for in-tree builds, but VPATH builds require GNU Make 3.79.1 or
    newer.
  + GNU Make Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/

* GNU M4 1.4.5 or newer.
  + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but 1.4.9 or newer is recommended.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/

* 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/

* Automake 1.9.6 or newer.
  + Mandatory.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/

* A shell
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'sh' gives good portability
    exposure, but you can also use Bash.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

* Core POSIX utilities, including:
    [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
    false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
    mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
    true uname
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
    exposure, but you can also use GNU coreutils.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/

* The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
    exposure, but you can also use GNU diffutils.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/

* Grep.
  + Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability
    exposure, but you can also use GNU grep.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/

* GNU gettext 0.16.1.
  + Recommended.
    Needed if you use modules that use internationalization (many do).
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/

* 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/

* Texinfo 4.6 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.
    libtool 2.2.x or newer is needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool
    with options --create-testdir/--test  and --libtool.
  + Homepage:
    http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
  + Download:
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/