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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2004-05-26 07:20:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2004-05-26 07:20:06 +0000 |
| commit | 2cef3017cdb3eb28a37814725d0539b87d9cdd79 (patch) | |
| tree | ccebdaff39497ddfd05ba6bcbacfa1629df33791 | |
| parent | b9c85d5cef6ecfd068a1010b4e130c83d1f802e5 (diff) | |
| download | bison-2cef3017cdb3eb28a37814725d0539b87d9cdd79.tar.gz | |
* README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version.
* README-alpha: Don't tell people not to package this.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README-alpha | 10 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2004-05-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + * README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version. + * README-alpha: Don't tell people not to package this. + * bootstrap: Don't assume $(...) works; use `...` instead. Problem reported by Paul Hilfinger. Also, diagnose non-GNU gettext better. @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ This directory contains the Bison parser generator. 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" diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index e076d73b..296fc3f8 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -7,18 +7,12 @@ The documentation still needs more work. Suggestions welcome. Patches even more welcome. Please send comments and problem reports about this test release to -bug-bison@gnu.org. This program will get better only if you report +<bug-bison@gnu.org>. 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. |