changeset 5929:1bd98d92c928

* bison.m4: Note that precious decls of YACC & YFLAGS will be unnecessary for Autoconfs > 2.59c.
author Derek R. Price <derek@ximbiot.com>
date Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:03:36 +0000
parents a76a212b509d
children d3f94dc03257
files m4/ChangeLog m4/bison.m4
diffstat 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-20  Derek Price  <derek@ximbiot.com>
+
+	* bison.m4: Note that precious decls of YACC & YFLAGS will be
+	unnecessary for Autoconfs > 2.59c.
+
 2005-06-16  Derek Price  <derek@ximbiot.com>
 
 	* bison.m4: Declare YACC & YFLAGS precious.
--- a/m4/bison.m4
+++ b/m4/bison.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #serial 4
 
-# Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 [
   # getdate.y works with bison only.
   : ${YACC='bison -y'}
+dnl
+dnl Declaring YACC & YFLAGS precious will not be necessary after GNULIB
+dnl requires an Autoconf greater than 2.59c, but it will probably still be
+dnl useful to override the description of YACC in the --help output, re
+dnl getdate.y assuming `bison -y'.
   AC_ARG_VAR(YACC,
 [The `Yet Another C Compiler' implementation to use.  Defaults to `bison -y'.
 Values other than `bison -y' will most likely break on most systems.])dnl