Re: Yacc in 2.4.3 causes kernel compile to fail (aicasm_gram.y)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <061f01c0c3d8$c34e8870$[e-mail]>
By author:    "David E. Weekly" <[e-mail]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> This is the first time I remember seeing a Yacc file in the Linux kernel
> source code, but I'm young and stupid.
> 
> Since the default Makefile mapping for .y files is to call yacc, and since I
> have bison on my system instead, compiling the aic7xxx code into 2.4.3 broke
> my build.
> 

It's a good idea if you have bison installed to have a /usr/bin/yacc
containing:

	#!/bin/sh -
	exec bison -y "$@"

I think there is a reasonably good expectation that the command "yacc"
should do what is expected, without needing any special hacks for
bison -- unless, of course, you're using bison special features.

	-hpa
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