Re: [PATCH] {yacc-work} configure: look for a yacc program to be used by the testsuite

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 09:15:10PM CET:
> Instead of forcing the user to manually export 'YACC' in the
> testsuite to use a non-bison yacc, we now look for a yacc program
> at configure time, and use that as the default in the testsuite.
> 
> * configure.ac: Look for a yacc program, using AC_CHECK_PROGS.
> * tests/defs.in: Updated to use the value of $YACC precomputed by
> configure, unless the user overrides that in the environment.

> OK for yacc-work, to be merged into master afterwards?

OK, but please use "false" instead of "no" throughout.
If somebody runs that, the semantics are not undefined.

Thanks,
Ralf

> Subject: [PATCH] configure: look for a yacc program to be used by the 
> testsuite
> 
> Instead of forcing the user to manually export 'YACC' in the
> testsuite to use a non-bison yacc, we now look for a yacc program
> at configure time, and use that as the default in the testsuite.
> 
> * configure.ac: Look for a yacc program, using AC_CHECK_PROGS.
> * tests/defs.in: Updated to use the value of $YACC precomputed by
> configure, unless the user overrides that in the environment.