Re: [BUGS] Detecting proper bison version before make - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [BUGS] Detecting proper bison version before make
Date
Msg-id 200306071631.h57GVKp07103@candle.pha.pa.us
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List pgsql-patches
Sure, I will change it to $YACC, but I thought it had to be 'bison -y'
because that's what we fed to AC_CHECK_PROGS.  I looked at the configure
output but I don't understand it, even though I know shell script.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >   AC_CHECK_PROGS(YACC, ['bison -y'])
> > +
> > + if test "$YACC"; then
> > +   if bison --version | sed q | $AWK '{ if ($4 < 1.875) exit 0; else exit 1;}'; then
> > +     AC_MSG_WARN([
>
> Should this not be making at least some effort to use the particular
> program found by the AC_CHECK_PROGS macro?  ie, why not $YACC --version ...
>
>             regards, tom lane
>

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