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 Bison News
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-* Changes in version 2.5.1 (????-??-??):
+* Changes in version 2.5.1_rc1 (2012-05-14):
 
 ** Future changes:
 
-  The next major release will drop support for K&R C.
+  The next major release will drop support for generating parsers in
+  K&R C.
 
 ** yacc.c: YYBACKUP works as expected.
 
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   format.  Incorrect index entries were fixed.  Some other errors were
   fixed.
 
-** Warnings during the build procedure have been eliminated.
+** Building bison:
 
-** Several portability problems in the test suite have been fixed:
+*** Conflicting prototypes with recent/modified Flex.
+
+  Fixed build problems with the current, unreleased, version of Flex,
+  and some modified versions of 2.5.35, which have modified function
+  prototypes.
+
+*** Warnings during the build procedure have been eliminated.
+
+*** Several portability problems in the test suite have been fixed:
 
   This includes warnings with some compilers, unexpected behavior of
   tools such as diff, warning messages from the test suite itself,
   etc.
 
+*** The install-pdf target work properly:
+
+  Running "make install-pdf" (or -dvi, -html, -info, and -ps) no
+  longer halts in the middle of its course.
+
 * Changes in version 2.5 (2011-05-14):
 
 ** Grammar symbol names can now contain non-initial dashes: