[Fwd: RE: [bug #22758] grub-2: compile fails with [grub_script.tab.h] Brokenpipe]

[Felix Zielcke]

I just saw I sent my reply only to him but not to bug-grub.
So here it is.

By the way I failed to say that bison 1.875 is from somewhere 2003,
whereas bison 2.3 is from 2006

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Von: Felix Zielcke <address@hidden>
> An: Gregg C Levine <address@hidden>
> Betreff: RE: [bug #22758] grub-2: compile fails with
> [grub_script.tab.h] Brokenpipe
> Datum: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:03 +0200
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 21.08.2008, 17:46 -0400 schrieb Gregg C Levine:
> > Hello!
> > Please define the terms "old bison and old gcc and old kernel". 
> 
> newest stable gcc is 4.3 not 3.3
> newest stable kernel ist 2.6.26.3 not 2.4.xx
> newest stable bison is 2.3 not 1.875
> 
> > While I am not dropping hints, I can safely say that my primary Linux system
> > happens to be managing quite well thank you using software that is currently
> > supplied on a system that's two versions behind.
> > 
> > Ideally this particular bug can be closed, on one condition. That condition
> > is that the problem has been resolved.
> 
> "Broken pipe" is nothing which can be fixed in the Code of GRUB
> Maybe it can be workedaround in the makefiles somehow, but I still
> believe this is a bug in that old bison or maybe somewhere else.
> 
> > Incidentally which distribution was this, and what were the versions of each
> > items?
> > --
> The versions look like Debian sarge
> Current Debian stable is etch and lenny will be hopefully released next
> month