[Bug bootstrap/35211] Dist tarball is missing (Bison-generated) java/parse-scan.c

[Andrew Thomas Pinski]

On Jan 10, 2009, at 3:59 PM, "rob1weld at aol dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org 
 > wrote:

>
>
> ------- Comment #3 from rob1weld at aol dot com  2009-01-10 23:59  
> -------
> (In reply to comment #1)
>> Is this still true in newer GCC releases?  Also this was removed in  
>> 4.3 and
>> above.
> Yes, on trunk. Searching for dupe before starting a new Bug Report,  
> came here.
>
> We might close this Bug with a comment on the Prerequisites page  
> that you
> _might_ need bison in the event that you (or a Makefile, broken or  
> otherwise)
> modify a `.y' file.
>
>
> This webpage does not mention the program bison:
>
> Prerequisites for GCC
> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html
>


We only require yacc (bison is a yacc) when compiling GCC from the svn  
or from the snapshots. Plus most os's already contain a yacc.

>
> # prev-gcc/xgcc -v
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i386-pc-solaris2.11
> Configured with: ../gcc_trunk/configure
> --enable-languages=ada,c,c++,fortran,java,objc,obj-c++ --enable-shared
> --disable-static --enable-decimal-float --with-long-double-128 -- 
> enable-nls
> --with-included-gettext --enable-gather-detailed-mem-stats --with- 
> stabs
> --enable-debug -enable-largefile --enable-symvers --without-system- 
> zlib
> --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-qt-peer --enable-xmlj --enable-gconf-peer
> --enable-gjdoc --enable-java-awt=gtk,xlib,qt,x --enable-gc-debug
> --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-libgcj-debug --enable-objc-gc
> --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-stage1-checking --enable- 
> checking=release
> --without-system-libunwind --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as
> --with-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/local/bin/ld
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.4.0 20090109 (experimental) (GCC)
>
>
> # gmake
> ...
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/gcc_build/libiberty'
> gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/share/src/gcc_build/intl'
> rm -f stamp-h1
> /bin/sh ./config.status config.h
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: config.h is unchanged
> test -f config.h || (rm -f stamp-h1 && gmake stamp-h1)
> cp ../../gcc_trunk/intl/libgnuintl.h libintl.h
> /usr/share/src/gcc_build/./prev-gcc/xgcc ...
> ...
> /usr/share/src/gcc_build/./prev-gcc/xgcc -B/usr/share/src/ 
> gcc_build/./prev-gcc/
> -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/ -c -fexceptions -g -O2 - 
> fprofile-use
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. -I../../gcc_trunk/intl ../../gcc_trunk/intl/ 
> ngettext.c
> ../../gcc_trunk/intl/ngettext.c: In function ‘libintl_ngettext’:
> ../../gcc_trunk/intl/ngettext.c:63: note: file
> /usr/share/src/gcc_build/intl/ngettext.gcda not found, execution  
> counts
> estimated
> bison -y --name-prefix=__gettext --output plural.c
> ../../gcc_trunk/intl/plural.y
> rm -f plural.h
> /usr/share/src/gcc_build/./prev-gcc/xgcc -B/usr/share/src/ 
> gcc_build/./prev-gcc/
> -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/ -c -fexceptions -g -O2 - 
> fprofile-use
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. -I../../gcc_trunk/intl plural.c
> ...
>
>
> I did not modify a `.y' file or play with this part of the code. The  
> reason
> that I require bison is either:
>
> 1. I 'hit it' with my configure option combination and found an  
> untried path.
> 2. Typing "make distclean" removed a file (I did not see that happen).
> 3. Something is broken and bison was not really needed.
> 4. The "Prerequisites for GCC" is incorrect, we do need bison.
>
> Rob
>
>
> -- 
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> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35211
>