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> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:12:42 +0200
> From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> I do not remember if it was gettext or libiconv but I know that there was a port
> where I had explicitly to install emacs to get through the configuration process
> and to get a full featured port.  Without emacs imstalled, certain features were
> not build.  May be perl was another candidate that checked for emacs but I do not
> remember.  Anyway, whenever the configuration process stopt or complained about
> missing emacs, I have installed it.  Thus I have downloaded it every time that a
> new port had been made available.  For porting purposes, it continues to be of use
> to me; although I certainly do not use it as editor any more as I used it the 90.

OK, thanks.  I guess for these purposes _some_ version of Emacs, not
necessarily the latest one, will do.

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