From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 28 6:44: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C69837B401 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 06:43:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage-american.com (adsl-65-71-135-139.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF91943FCB for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 06:43:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea.sage-american [192.168.0.3]) by sage-american.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id h1SEhoFU013155; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:43:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20030228084349.01e0b3b8@sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:43:49 -0600 To: Kent Stewart , bsd@perimeter.co.za, "FreeBSD Question List" From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: Bison In-Reply-To: <200302280620.43752.kstewart@owt.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=4.5 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.44-sageamerules_v1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message