[bug #64427] [Patch] INSTALL.REPO: use "bison" with the option "-y'

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64427>

                 Summary: [Patch] INSTALL.REPO: use "bison" with the option
"-y'    
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: bjarniig
               Submitted: Fri 14 Jul 2023 07:47:47 PM UTC
                Category: General
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Fri 14 Jul 2023 07:47:47 PM UTC By: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Subject: INSTALL.REPO: use "bison" with the option "-y'

  Plain "bison" creates different names for its output files than
"byacc".

  The Makefile is tuned to using "byacc", so the build can fail with
"YACC=bison", if some files (for example, eqn.cpp, and similar for
pic.*, or label.*) need to be created.

  The (one line) patch is also in the attachment.

--- INSTALL.REPO        2023-07-14 19:30:43.000000000 +0000
+++ INSTALL.REPO.new    2023-07-14 19:31:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ are several others.
     $ export AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69
 
* You will need a 'yacc' program.  We recommend Berkeley yacc ('byacc')
-  or GNU Bison ('bison').
+  or GNU Bison ('bison -y').
 
* groff's Texinfo manual is generated in several formats: GNU Info,
   HTML, plain text, TeX DVI, and PDF.  The former three require








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Date: Fri 14 Jul 2023 07:47:47 PM UTC  Name: INSTALL.REPO.diff  Size: 452B  
By: bjarniig

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=54924>

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