* Updated dependency information.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml
index b9358efd1d88..2642bca1d747 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ repository.</para>
 <para>To build the parser, very <emphasis>recent</emphasis> versions
 of Bison and Flex are required.  (This is because Nix needs GLR
 support in Bison and reentrancy support in Flex.)  For Bison, you need
-version 1.875c or higher (1.875 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> work),
-which can be obtained from the <link
-xlink:href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison">GNU FTP server</link>.
-For Flex, you need version 2.5.31, which is available on <link
-xlink:href="http://lex.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</link>.  Slightly
-older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the ubiquitous
-2.5.4a won't.  Note that these are only required if you modify the
-parser or when you are building from the Subversion repository.</para>
+version 2.3 or higher (1.875 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> work),
+which can be obtained from
+the <link xlink:href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison">GNU FTP
+server</link>.  For Flex, you need version 2.5.33, which is available
+on <link xlink:href="http://lex.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</link>.
+Slightly older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the
+ubiquitous 2.5.4a won't.  Note that these are only required if you
+modify the parser or when you are building from the Subversion
+repository.</para>
 
 <para>Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library.  These
 are included in the Nix source distribution.  If you build from the
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ these packages.  Alternatively, if you already have them installed,
 you can use <command>configure</command>'s <option>--with-bdb</option>
 and <option>--with-aterm</option> options to point to their respective
 locations.  Note that Berkeley DB <emphasis>must</emphasis> be version
-4.4; other versions may not have compatible database formats.</para>
+4.5; other versions may not have compatible database formats.</para>
 
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