From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 07:20:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version. X-Git-Tag: BISON-2_0~149 X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/commitdiff_plain/2cef3017cdb3eb28a37814725d0539b87d9cdd79?ds=inline * README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version. * README-alpha: Don't tell people not to package this. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ee7e4593..ed694198 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2004-05-25 Paul Eggert + * README: Mention GNU m4 1.4 bugs and Akim's patched version. + * README-alpha: Don't tell people not to package this. + * bootstrap: Don't assume $(...) works; use `...` instead. Problem reported by Paul Hilfinger. Also, diagnose non-GNU gettext better. diff --git a/README b/README index d8b45ccf..75dcf6b5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ 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, if a later version of GNU m4 -becomes available). The following m4 patches are recommended: +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: -http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=92629 -http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211477 +http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/m4-1.4.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" diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha index e076d73b..296fc3f8 100644 --- a/README-alpha +++ b/README-alpha @@ -7,18 +7,12 @@ The documentation still needs more work. Suggestions welcome. Patches even more welcome. Please send comments and problem reports about this test release to -bug-bison@gnu.org. This program will get better only if you report +. This program will get better only if you report the problems you encounter. -Please, *do not package this*, *do not distribute it* widely, it is -not ready for full scale use. Because it is not fully functional, if -you distribute this package, we will be buried under bug reports from -panicked users. We don't have time to spend on this, and nor do the -users. - ----- -Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Bison.