[bug-gnulib] Re: getdate don't need alloca

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Look at the .c file that is generated by bison (ca. version 1.30).

FYI, getdate.y doesn't work with bison <= 1.35.  It doesn't matter for
this discussion (the 1.875 code look the same), though.

Making all in gl
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jas/src/shishi/gl'
cp ./alloca_.h alloca.h-t
mv alloca.h-t alloca.h
bison -y   getdate.y
getdate.y:188: unrecognized: %parse-param
getdate.y:188:    Skipping to next %
getdate.y:189: unrecognized: %lex-param
getdate.y:189:    Skipping to next %
make[2]: *** [getdate.c] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jas/src/shishi/gl'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jas/src/shishi'
make: *** [all] Error 2
address@hidden:~/src/shishi$ bison --version
bison (GNU Bison) 1.35