bug#50085: fatal error: parse-datetime.tab.h: No such file or directory

[Pádraig Brady]

On 17/08/2021 02:32, softwarebugreports via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> I receive the following error when using make with coreutils in a alpine based 
> docker container:
>
> > #10 304.0 CC lib/mkdir-p.o
> > #10 304.1 CC lib/modechange.o
> > #10 304.1 CC lib/mpsort.o
> > #10 304.2 CC lib/nproc.o
> > #10 304.2 CC lib/nstrftime.o
> > #10 304.3 CC lib/openat-die.o
> > #10 304.4 CC lib/openat-safer.o
> > #10 304.4 CC lib/opendirat.o
> > #10 304.4 CC lib/parse-datetime.o
> > #10 304.5 parse-datetime.tab.c:658:10: fatal error: parse-datetime.tab.h: No 
> > such file or directory
> > #10 304.5 compilation terminated.
> > #10 304.5 make[2]: *** [Makefile:10276: lib/parse-datetime.o] Error 1
> > #10 304.5 make[2]: Leaving directory '/coreutils'
> > #10 304.5 make[1]: *** [Makefile:12913: all-recursive] Error 1
> > #10 304.5 make[1]: Leaving directory '/coreutils'
> > #10 304.5 make: *** [Makefile:7030: all] Error 2
> > #10 ERROR: executor failed running [/bin/sh -c git clone --branch v8.32 --single-branch 
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git && export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 && 
> > ./bootstrap && ./configure --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --enable-install-program=hostname 
> > --enable-single-binary=symlinks --without-gmp && make]: exit code: 2
> > ------
> > > [6/6] RUN git clone --branch v8.32 --single-branch https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git && cd 
> > > coreutils && export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 && ./bootstrap && ./configure 
> > > --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --enable-install-program=hostname --enable-single-binary=symlinks --without-gmp 
> > > && make:
> > ------
> > executor failed running [/bin/sh -c git clone --branch v8.32 --single-branch 
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git && export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 && 
> > ./bootstrap && ./configure --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --enable-install-program=hostname 
> > --enable-single-binary=symlinks --without-gmp && make]: exit code: 2
> > make: *** [Makefile:9: build-coreutils] Error 1
>
> My Dockerfile has the following content:
>
> > FROM alpine:3.14.1
> >
> > ENV CFLAGS "-static"
> >
> > RUN mkdir /static/
> >
> > RUN apk add --no-cache \
> > acl-dev \
> > attr-dev \
> > autoconf \
> > automake \
> > bash \
> > bison \
> > coreutils \
> > gcc \
> > gettext-dev \
> > git \
> > gperf \
> > make \
> > musl-dev \
> > patch \
> > perl \
> > perl \
> > rsync \
> > texinfo \
> > utmps-dev \
> > wget \
> > xz
> >
> > RUN git clone --branch v8.32 --single-branch 
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git \
> > && cd coreutils \
> > && export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 \
> > && ./bootstrap \
> > && ./configure \
> > --disable-gcc-warnings \
> > --disable-nls \
> > --enable-install-program=hostname \
> > --enable-single-binary=symlinks \
> > --without-gmp \
> > && make
>
> Is there something I can try to correct this error?

Seems this is related bison >= 3.7 which Bruno fixed in:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-07/msg00178.html

That would have to be integrated as a patch against your coreutils sources.

cheers,
Pádraig