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authorAkim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>2012-10-26 16:50:26 +0200
committerAkim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>2012-10-26 16:58:55 +0200
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/maint'
* origin/maint: (46 commits) doc: minor style change maint: use gendocs's new -I option regen yacc.c: do not define location support when not using locations maint: be compilable with GCC 4.0 tests: address a warning from GCC 4.4 tests: don't use options that Clang does not support tests: restore the tests on -Werror regen parse-gram: update the Bison interface fix comment maint: post-release administrivia version 2.6.4 regen 2.6.4: botched 2.6.3 maint: post-release administrivia version 2.6.3 gnulib: update tests: check %no-lines NEWS: warnings with clang ... Conflicts: NEWS TODO data/c.m4 data/java.m4 doc/Makefile.am src/getargs.c src/getargs.h src/output.c src/parse-gram.c src/parse-gram.h src/parse-gram.y src/reader.h
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@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ These requirements do not apply when building from a distribution tarball.
** Requirements
-We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository.
-This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
+We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the repository. This
+eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
For example, you have to use the latest stable versions of the maintainer
tools we depend upon, including:
-- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
+- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
- Flex <http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/>
- Gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>
+- Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>
- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
@@ -68,16 +69,16 @@ tools we depend upon, including:
Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if it supports
your architecture.
-Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping
-issues. The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code
-generated from the grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an
-out-of-date version of the C code, but the process is not foolproof.
-Also, you may run into similar problems yourself if you modify Bison.
+Bison is written using Bison grammars, so there are bootstrapping issues.
+The bootstrap script attempts to discover when the C code generated from the
+grammars is out of date, and to bootstrap with an out-of-date version of the
+C code, but the process is not foolproof. Also, you may run into similar
+problems yourself if you modify Bison.
-Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful.
-Later, after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should
-be sufficient. Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running
-'./bootstrap' again might be needed.
+Only building the initial full source tree will be a bit painful. Later,
+after synchronizing from the repository a plain 'make' should be sufficient.
+Note, however, that when gnulib is updated, running './bootstrap' again
+might be needed.
** First checkout