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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2019-02-11 21:50:56 -0500
committerAkim Demaille <akim.demaille@gmail.com>2019-02-12 06:19:10 +0100
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This package contains the GNU Bison parser generator.
* Installation
-** Build
+** Build from git
+Here are basic installation instructions for a repository checkout:
+
+ $ git submodules update --init
+ $ ./bootstrap
+
+then proceed with the usual 'configure && make' steps.
+
+README-hacking contains more information about building and modifying the
+software.
+
+** Build for tarball
See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.
Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.6 or later. See: