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README patches for Bison
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
README patches for Bison |
Date: |
Wed, 26 May 2004 00:22:12 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
I installed this in response to a user report of problems building
Bison from CVS:
2004-05-25 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version.
* README-alpha: Don't tell people not to package this.
Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bison/bison/README,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -p -u -r1.8 README
--- README 21 May 2004 21:03:41 -0000 1.8
+++ README 26 May 2004 07:17:28 -0000
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ This directory contains the Bison parser
See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.
See the file doc/FAQ for frequently asked questions.
-Bison requires GNU m4 1.4 (or later, if a later version of GNU m4
-becomes available). The following m4 patches are recommended:
+Bison requires GNU m4 1.4 or later. Vanilla GNU m4 1.4 has some
+serious bugs, so we recommend using m4 1.4 as patched by the standard
+GNU/Linux distributions. If you're building GNU m4 1.4 from scratch
+we suggest using this version:
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=92629
-http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211477
+http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/m4-1.4.tar.gz
Older versions of Sun Forte Developer 6 update 2 have a compiler bug
that cause "make check" to fail with a "Encounter BINCL entry"
Index: README-alpha
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bison/bison/README-alpha,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -p -u -r1.2 README-alpha
--- README-alpha 22 Oct 2002 11:32:38 -0000 1.2
+++ README-alpha 26 May 2004 07:17:28 -0000
@@ -7,18 +7,12 @@ The documentation still needs more work.
Patches even more welcome.
Please send comments and problem reports about this test release to
address@hidden This program will get better only if you report
+<address@hidden>. This program will get better only if you report
the problems you encounter.
-Please, *do not package this*, *do not distribute it* widely, it is
-not ready for full scale use. Because it is not fully functional, if
-you distribute this package, we will be buried under bug reports from
-panicked users. We don't have time to spend on this, and nor do the
-users.
-
-----
-Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Bison.
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