- argv[0] = m4;
- argv[1] = full_m4sugar;
- argv[2] = "-";
- argv[3] = full_m4bison;
- argv[4] = full_skeleton;
- argv[5] = trace_flag & trace_m4 ? "-dV" : NULL;
- argv[6] = NULL;
+ /* Some future version of GNU M4 (most likely 1.6) may treat the -dV in a
+ position-dependent manner. Keep it as the first argument so that all
+ files are traced.
+
+ See the thread starting at
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2008-07/msg00000.html>
+ for details. */
+ {
+ int i = 0;
+ argv[i++] = m4;
+
+ /* When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, GNU M4 1.6 and later disable GNU
+ extensions, which Bison's skeletons depend on. With older M4,
+ it has no effect. M4 1.4.12 added a -g/--gnu command-line
+ option to make it explicit that a program wants GNU M4
+ extensions even when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
+
+ See the thread starting at
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2008-07/msg00000.html>
+ for details. */
+ if (*M4_GNU_OPTION)
+ argv[i++] = M4_GNU_OPTION;
+
+ argv[i++] = "-I";
+ argv[i++] = pkgdatadir;
+ if (trace_flag & trace_m4)
+ argv[i++] = "-dV";
+ argv[i++] = full_m4sugar;
+ argv[i++] = "-";
+ argv[i++] = full_m4bison;
+ argv[i++] = full_skeleton;
+ argv[i++] = NULL;
+ aver (i <= ARRAY_CARDINALITY (argv));
+ }