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.\" MANIFEST: User Guide, The Dependency Maintenance Tool
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.nh 1 "The Dependency Maintenance Tool"
.LP
The aegis program places heavy demands on the dependency maintenance tool,
so it is important that you select an appropriate one.
This chapter talks about what a dependency tool requires,
and gives examples of how to use the various alternatives.
.LP
At this writing,
the author has seen few sufficiently capable dependency maintenance tools.
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