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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:43:49 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, bsd@perimeter.co.za, "FreeBSD Question List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Bison
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20030228084349.01e0b3b8@sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <200302280620.43752.kstewart@owt.com>
References:  <courier.3E5F3B12.000043F0@perimeter.co.za> <courier.3E5F3B12.000043F0@perimeter.co.za>

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At 06:20 AM 2.28.2003 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote:
>On Friday 28 February 2003 02:33 am, bsd@perimeter.co.za wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am trying to 'make' the bison port, but it keeps failing.  Has
>> anyone experienced this problem?
>>
>> I have retried after cvsup every day this week, so - yes - my sources
>> are up to date.
>>
>> Here's the last bit of the output:
>> ===================================
>>
>> Making all in doc
>> makeinfo --no-split   -I .  `test -f 'bison.texinfo' || echo
>> './'`bison.texinfo -o bison.info
>> bison.texinfo:37: Unknown command `copying'.
>> bison.texinfo:58: Unmatched `@end'.
>> bison.texinfo:93: Unknown command `insertcopying'.
>> makeinfo: Removing output file `bison.info' due to errors; use
>> --force to preserve.
>> *** Error code 2
>
>Bison-1.75 needs a texinfo that is only available on FreeBSD-4.7 or 
>later. You either have to upgrade your texinfo to what is on 4.7 or 
>upgrade to 4.7 to use bison-1.75.
>
>Kent
>

I know this was discussed many months ago, but I've forgotten what Bison is
used for....?? I notice it doesn't exist on most of my servers and they all
have 4.7.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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