Re: Patch to check for required programs when building from source checkout

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> latest version is attached
> (minor tweaks compared to previous).
>
>>From b9e5fe8076e7a55f152e5ffbd841310ba4994838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: =?utf-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:40:12 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Add better checks and docs for build tools
>
> Prompted by a report from Ed Avis:
> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/14710>
>
> * README-hacking: Organise LZMA and Valgrind as
> as optional requirements rather than in their own sections.
> Mention bootstrap will now check tool versions.
> * README-prereq: Make a start on specific instructions
> for optaining build tools. Currently we just have notes
> for Fedora linux.
> * bootstrap.conf: Add the list of tools and versions required.
> * bootstrap: Add the logic to check for the required tools,
> and list all required tools and versions if any are missing.

Looks good.  Please push it.

Thanks!