Re: bison 2.4 breaks libIDL 0.8.11 build

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Juergen Daubert <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Juergen Daubert <address@hidden>
> Subject: bison 2.4 breaks libIDL 0.8.11 build
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:58 AM
> Hello,
> 
> tried to build libIDL 0.8.11 [1] with bison 2.4 and got the
> following
> error message, while building with 2.3 just works fine:
> 
> $> make
> bison -y -d -v 2>/dev/null ./parser.y
> make: *** [stamp-parser] Error 1
> 
> and after removing the redirect and calling the above
> manually:
> 
> $> bison -y -d -v ./parser.y
> ./parser.y:610.9-10: $$ for the midrule at $6 of
> `struct_type' has no declared type
> ./parser.y:627.9-10: $$ for the midrule at $10 of
> `union_type' has no declared type
> 
> 
> regards
> Juergen

You have probably also read

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2008-11/msg00001.html

thread.

Since too many things are broken by bison 2.4 I suggest to
recall/remove/blacklist this release. I.e. the release doesn't feel
production-worthy.

Regards,
  Sergei.