maint: mention help2man, texinfo, apt-get

* README-hacking: Add help2man, texinfo.
Describe how to add packages if you're using Debian.
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Paul Eggert
2013-10-21 15:13:52 -07:00
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@@ -62,13 +62,22 @@ tools we depend upon, including:
- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
- Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>
- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
- Help2man <http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
- Texinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> 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grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the