--- a/Makefile.in	Tue Oct 31 02:08:50 2000 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.in	Tue Oct 31 16:25:39 2000 +0000
@@ -40,23 +40,24 @@
 header-msg: FORCE
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "***********************************************************"
-	@echo "*                                                         *"
-	@echo "*  To compile Octave, you will need a recent version of   *"
-	@echo "*  GNU Make.                                              *"
-	@echo "*                                                         *"
-	@echo "*  You will also need g++ 2.7.2 or later.  Version 2.8.0  *"
-	@echo "*  or egcs 1.0.x should work.  Later versions may work,   *"
-	@echo "*  but C++ is still evolving, so don't be too surprised   *"
-	@echo "*  if you run into some trouble.                          *"
-	@echo "*                                                         *"
-	@echo "*  libg++ is no longer required (if you are using g++     *"
-	@echo "*  2.7.2, libstdc++ is distributed along with libg++,     *"
-	@echo "*  but for later versions, libstdc++ is distributed       *"
-	@echo "*  separately).                                           *"
-	@echo "*                                                         *"
-	@echo "*  Now would be a good time to read INSTALL.OCTAVE if     *"
-	@echo "*  you have not done so already.                          *"
-	@echo "*                                                         *"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*  To compile Octave, you will need a recent versions of"
+	@echo "*  the following software:"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*    g++ (2.95.x or a more recent version)"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*    flex (2.5.4 or later) -- required if you need to"
+	@echo "*    recreate lex.cc from lex.l"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*    bison (1.28 or later) -- required if you need to"
+	@echo "*    recreate parse.cc from parse.y"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*    gperf (2.7.1 or later) -- required if you need to"
+	@echo "*    recreate oct-gperf.h from octave.gperf"
+	@echo "*"
+	@echo "*  Now would be a good time to read INSTALL.OCTAVE if"
+	@echo "*  you have not done so already."
+	@echo "*"
 	@echo "***********************************************************"
 	@echo ""