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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2019-07-19 05:00:10 +0200
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2019-07-20 00:25:01 +0200
commit56d28ccbbc69a7d16f3a4f64288900777623fdf1 (patch)
tree32d76abefa48da63114801f83eb9a2eac938333d /m4/parse-datetime.m4
parentc01635497d830f181a2607279135b3fff041b936 (diff)
downloadgnulib-56d28ccbbc69a7d16f3a4f64288900777623fdf1.tar.gz
parse-datetime: Require Bison 2.4 or newer.
* m4/parse-datetime.m4 (gl_PARSE_DATETIME): Set PARSE_DATETIME_BISON. Code taken from gettext's intl.m4. * modules/parse-datetime (Makefile.am): Use PARSE_DATETIME_BISON instead of YACC.
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diff --git a/m4/parse-datetime.m4 b/m4/parse-datetime.m4
index 597a44c552..885fa5761e 100644
--- a/m4/parse-datetime.m4
+++ b/m4/parse-datetime.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# parse-datetime.m4 serial 22
+# parse-datetime.m4 serial 23
dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2006, 2008-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -26,6 +26,37 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_C_COMPOUND_LITERALS],
AC_DEFUN([gl_PARSE_DATETIME],
[
+ dnl parse-datetime.c is generated from parse-datetime.y. It requires bison,
+ dnl because parse-datetime.y uses bison specific features. It requires at
+ dnl least bison-2.4 for %define api.pure.
+ dnl bison is only needed for the maintainer (who touches parse-datetime.y).
+ dnl But in order to avoid separate Makefiles or --enable-maintainer-mode,
+ dnl we put the rule in general Makefile. Now, some people carelessly touch
+ dnl the files or have a broken "make" program, hence the parse-datetime.c
+ dnl rule will sometimes fire. To avoid an error, defines PARSE_DATETIME_BISON
+ dnl to ":" if it is not present or too old.
+ AC_CHECK_PROGS([PARSE_DATETIME_BISON], [bison])
+ if test -z "$PARSE_DATETIME_BISON"; then
+ ac_verc_fail=yes
+ else
+ dnl Found it, now check the version.
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([version of bison])
+changequote(<<,>>)dnl
+ ac_prog_version=`$PARSE_DATETIME_BISON --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU Bison.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
+ case $ac_prog_version in
+ '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+ 1.* | 2.[0-3] | 2.[0-3].*)
+changequote([,])dnl
+ ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+ *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
+ esac
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_prog_version])
+ fi
+ if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+ PARSE_DATETIME_BISON=:
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST([PARSE_DATETIME_BISON])
+
dnl Prerequisites of lib/parse-datetime.h.
AC_REQUIRE([AM_STDBOOL_H])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_TIMESPEC])