Re: Detecting proper bison version before make

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Detecting proper bison version before make
Date: 2003-06-09 01:16:51
Message-ID: 200306090116.h591Gpp05840@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Greg Sabino Mullane writes:
>
> > Can the configure script be made to check for a proper version of bison?
>
> Normally the parser files are prebuild and bison is never invoked. So it
> seems wasteful to do a bunch of checking for this rare case.

Well, someone asked for it, and we already check for bison, so we might
as well check for a version that actually works. Now, if you are
suggesting we remove both bison checks, I could understand that. Are
you?

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