* README-hacking: New file, taken mostly from coreutils, with changes

[bison.git] / README

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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,34 +3,25 @@ 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.  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:
+Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.3 or later.  See:
 
-ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bison/m4-1.4.1.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.3.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"
-diagnostic.  To fix the bug, update to the latest set of Solaris and
-Forte patches recommended by Sun.
+Bison can work with pre-1.4.3 distributions of GNU m4 if they are
+sufficiently patched, but if you encounter a bug with an older
+distribution and report a bug we will probably suggest that you
+upgrade to 1.4.3 as the first step in trying to fix it.
 
-VMS and MS-DOS builds are probably broken right now.  If you are able
-to build Bison on either platform and you need to make changes to do
-so, please submit those changes as a bug report.  On VMS, you will
-probably have to create Makefile from Makefile.in by hand.  Remember
-to do `SET COMMAND BISON' to install the data in `BISON.CLD'.
+Please send bug reports to <bug-bison@gnu.org>.  Please include the
+version number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained
+test case in each bug report.
 
-Send bug reports to <bug-bison@gnu.org>.  Please include the version
-number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained test
-case in each bug report.
-
-If you have questions about using Bison which the documentation does
-not answer, send mail to <help-bison@gnu.org>.
+If you have questions about using Bison and the documentation does
+not answer them, please send mail to <help-bison@gnu.org>.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
@@ -46,5 +37,5 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with autoconf; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.