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-This directory contains the Bison parser generator.
+This package contains the GNU Bison parser generator.

 
 See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.
 
 See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.

-See the file doc/FAQ for frequently asked questions.

 
 

-Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.3 or later.  See:
+See the section FAQ in the documentation (doc/bison.info) for
+frequently asked questions.  The documentation is also available in
+PDF and HTML, provided you have a recent version of Texinfo installed:
+run "make pdf" or "make html".

 
 

-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.3.tar.gz
+Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.6 or later.  See:

 
 

-Bison can work with pre-1.4.3 distributions of GNU m4 if they are
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.6.tar.gz
+
+Bison can work with pre-1.4.6 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
 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.
+upgrade to 1.4.6 as the first step in trying to fix it.

 
 Please send bug reports to <bug-bison@gnu.org>.  Please include the
 version number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained
 
 Please send bug reports to <bug-bison@gnu.org>.  Please include the
 version number from `bison --version', and a complete, self-contained


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-Copyright (C) 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 

-Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.

 
 

-Bison is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.