Re: [HACKERS] Re: preproc.y error

2001-02-08 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane writes: > So it seems to me that the right approach is for configure to never > select byacc or yacc by default, but instead to use a 'missing' script > like we do when flex isn't found. As with the flex case, the user > could override configure's choice, but if he does then it's his >

Re: [HACKERS] Re: preproc.y error

2001-02-08 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Brent Verner writes: > I can agree with this approach, unless there is some magic to get > byacc to work. In any case, there should be a note in the installation > docs stating that bison must be used when working with the CVS src. There is. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: [HACKERS] Re: preproc.y error

2001-02-08 Thread Tom Lane
Brent Verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | I wonder if we ought not accept byacc as a suitable yacc in configure? > I can agree with this approach, unless there is some magic to get > byacc to work. It's very probably possible to make it work by feeding byacc enough table-enlarging options. (

[HACKERS] Re: preproc.y error

2001-02-08 Thread Brent Verner
On 07 Feb 2001 at 20:15 (-0500), Tom Lane wrote: | Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > Now I get: | > byacc -d preproc.y | > byacc: f - maximum table size exceeded | > gmake[4]: *** [preproc.c] Error 2 | | Better install bison if you want to work with CVS sources ... | the lack of bi