Improve wording of dependencies

diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index f120751..367dc23 100644 (file)
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ The following packages are needed by maintainers for using 'gnulib-tool':
     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
 
 * A 'make' utility.
-  + Mandatory, platform make gives good portability exposure.
-  + VPATH builds often need GNU make 3.79.1 or newer.
+  + Mandatory, platform 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:
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ The following packages are needed by maintainers for using 'gnulib-tool':
     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
 
 * GNU m4 1.4.5 or newer.
-  + Mandatory.
-    Autoconf 2.62 requires GNU m4 1.4.5 or newer, and Autoconf 2.61 triggers
-    bugs in GNU m4 < 1.4.5.
+  + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but recommend 1.4.9 or newer.
   + Homepage:
     http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
   + Download: