X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/e02cf9e74ab3880a3f47381c69ae27e3624caedb..b01df0368a76aef7c85cf94b6bf4d5f6f8706069:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 5a0526ac..a053f4b8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,24 +1,41 @@ This directory contains the Bison parser generator. -See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions. +See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions. See the file doc/FAQ for frequently asked questions. -It was once true that, when installing Bison on Sequent (or Pyramid?) -systems, you had to be in the Berkeley universe. This may no longer -be true; we have no way to tell. +Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.3 or later. See: -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'. +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.3.tar.gz -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. +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. -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. +Please send bug reports to . 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 . +----- + +Copyright (C) 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler. + +Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +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. + +Bison 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 +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.