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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+pkgs.mkShell {
+ # included by default (since we're not using mkShellNoCC) are:
+ # bash coreutils file findutils gawk gnugrep gnused
+ # gnutar gzip bzip2 xz diffutils patch
+ # binutils gcc glibc gnumake
+ packages = with pkgs;
+ # custom texliveBasic - metafont and ectt are required to build PDF documentation
+ let
+ texliveCustom = texliveBasic.withPackages (ps: [ps.metafont ps.ec]);
+ in [
+ # Additional requirements for building and running Autoconf itself
+ m4
+ perl
+
+ # Additional requirements for building from a pristine git checkout
+ automake
+ git
+ help2man
+ texinfo
+ texliveCustom
+
+ # Needed only to run the test suite comprehensively
+ # TODO: Make a variant that uses mkShellNoCC and *doesn't* install any
+ # of this and ensure that every test that probes some of them is
+ # skipped, rather than failing, when run in that environment.
+ # Currently lots of tests fail in the absence of a C compiler.
+
+ # Compilers and tools that Autoconf is capable of probing
+ bison
+ erlang
+ flex
+ gccgo
+ gfortran
+ libtool
+ # Objective-C compiler seems not to be available
+ # shtool is not available
+
+ # Needed to test AC_CHECK_LIB and AC_SEARCH_LIBS
+ zlib
+
+ ];
+}