Original commit message from CVS:

* configure.ac:
* gst/gstparse.c: (gst_parse_launch):

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e38e5d3fe5..6602ed8e6c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -236,41 +236,16 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 dnl find an assembler
 AM_PROG_AS
 
-dnl we use awk in the bison version check
-AC_PROG_AWK
-
-dnl we require bison for building the parser
-dnl FIXME: check if AC_PROG_YACC is suitable here
-dnl FIXME: make precious
-AC_PATH_PROG(BISON_PATH, bison, no)
-if test x$BISON_PATH = xno; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find bison)
-fi
-
-dnl check bison version
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([bison version])
-
-if $BISON_PATH --version | head -n 1 | $AWK '{ if ($4 < 1.35) exit 1; else exit 0;}'; 
-then 
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
-else 
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([too old.])
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([Your bison version is too old, v1.35 or later is required.])
-fi
-
-dnl we require flex for building the parser
-dnl FIXME: check if AC_PROG_LEX is suitable here
-AC_PATH_PROG(FLEX_PATH, flex, no)
-if test x$FLEX_PATH = xno; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find flex)
-fi
-
-dnl Perl is used in building documentation
+dnl Perl is used in building documentation and in the version checks
 AC_PATH_PROG(PERL_PATH, perl, no)
 if test x$PERL_PATH = xno; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find perl)
 fi
 
+dnl we require flex and bison for building the parser
+GST_BISON_CHECK
+GST_FLEX_CHECK
+
 AC_PATH_PROG(VALGRIND_PATH, valgrind, no)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VALGRIND, test ! "x$VALGRIND_PATH" = "xno")