Re: make pkgdatadir relative to program path if not specified

[Victor Zverovich]

Hi Akim,

I've tested the change and can confirm that it works perfectly. Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Victor

On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 1:19 AM Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Victor,
>
> > Le 27 oct. 2018 à 08:03, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Victor,
> >
> >> Le 26 oct. 2018 à 21:27, Victor Zverovich <address@hidden> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Currently running bison using a path other than the install path e.g.
> >> via a network share results in the following error
> >>
> >> bison: .../share/bison/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4: cannot open: No such file
> >> or directory
> >>
> >> Fix this by setting setting pkgdatadir relative to program path if
> >> BISON_PKGDATADIR is not specified.
> >
> > I need to take time to think about this.  gnulib offers options to make
> > the package relocatable, in which case, it would be better to follow
> > that other path.
> >
> > Let’s see that _after_ the release of Bison 3.2.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Bison was made relocatable:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2018-12/msg00071.html
>
> It should be part of Bison 3.3.  Please, test it and report.
> A preview tarball is currently available here:
>
> https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/private/bison/bison-3.2.1.136-a4ed.tar.gz
> https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/private/bison/bison-3.2.1.136-a4ed.tar.xz
>
> Cheers!