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

[Pádraig Brady]

On 17/08/2021 16:16, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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:

> > > #10 304.5 parse-datetime.tab.c:658:10: fatal error: parse-datetime.tab.h: No 
> > > such file or directory


> > > 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.

Actually there were a few more fixes in that file,
so it's best base adjustments off this version:
https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/blob/8002ca7b/modules/parse-datetime

cheers,
Pádraig