Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/maint'

* origin/maint:
  news: prepare for forthcoming release
  doc: explain how mid-rule actions are translated
  error: use better locations for unused midrule values
  doc: various minor improvements and fixes
  tests: ignore more useless compiler warnings
  tests: be robust to C being compiled with a C++11 compiler
  build: beware of Clang++ not supporting POSIXLY_CORRECT
  maint: post-release administrivia
  version 2.6.90
  build: fix syntax-check error.
  cpp: simplify the Flex version checking macro
  news: improve the carets example and fix a typo
  cpp: improve the Flex version checking macro
  carets: improve the code
  maint: update news
  build: keep -Wmissing-declarations and -Wmissing-prototypes for modern GCCs
  build: drop -Wcast-qual
  gnulib: update

Conflicts:
	NEWS
	doc/Makefile.am
	doc/bison.texi
	gnulib
	src/reader.c
	tests/actions.at
	tests/atlocal.in
	tests/input.at

configure.ac

@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 # Gnulib (early checks).
 gl_EARLY
 
+# Gnulib uses '#pragma GCC diagnostic push' to silence some
+# warnings, but older gcc doesn't support this.
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether pragma GCC diagnostic push works],
+  [lv_cv_gcc_pragma_push_works], [
+  save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+  CFLAGS='-Wunknown-pragmas -Werror'
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+    #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+  ]])],
+  [lv_cv_gcc_pragma_push_works=yes],
+  [lv_cv_gcc_pragma_push_works=no])
+  CFLAGS=$save_CFLAGS])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([gcc-warnings],
 [  --enable-gcc-warnings   turn on lots of GCC warnings (not recommended)],
 [case $enable_gcc_warnings in
@@ -69,9 +83,8 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([gcc-warnings],
               [enable_gcc_warnings=no])
 if test "$enable_gcc_warnings" = yes; then
   warn_common='-Wall -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wcast-align
-    -Wcast-qual -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings'
-  warn_c='-Wbad-function-cast -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes
-    -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes'
+    -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings'
+  warn_c='-Wbad-function-cast -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes'
   warn_cxx='-Wnoexcept'
 
   AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
@@ -92,12 +105,21 @@ if test "$enable_gcc_warnings" = yes; then
     gl_WARN_ADD([$i], [WARN_CFLAGS])
   done
   gl_WARN_ADD([-Werror], [WERROR_CFLAGS])
+
+  # Warnings for the test suite, and maybe for bison if GCC is modern
+  # enough.
+  gl_WARN_ADD([-Wmissing-declarations], [WARN_CFLAGS_TEST])
+  gl_WARN_ADD([-Wmissing-prototypes], [WARN_CFLAGS_TEST])
+  test $lv_cv_gcc_pragma_push_works = yes &&
+    AS_VAR_APPEND([WARN_CFLAGS], [" $WARN_CFLAGS_TEST"])
+
   # Warnings for the test suite only.
   gl_WARN_ADD([-Wundef], [WARN_CFLAGS_TEST])
   gl_WARN_ADD([-pedantic], [WARN_CFLAGS_TEST])
   CFLAGS=$save_CFLAGS
   AC_LANG_POP([C])
 
+
   AC_LANG_PUSH([C++])
   save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
   gl_WARN_ADD([-Werror=unknown-warning-option], [CXXFLAGS])
@@ -118,8 +140,9 @@ if test "$enable_gcc_warnings" = yes; then
 fi
 
 BISON_TEST_FOR_WORKING_C_COMPILER
-BISON_TEST_FOR_WORKING_CXX_COMPILER
 BISON_C_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT
+BISON_TEST_FOR_WORKING_CXX_COMPILER
+BISON_CXX_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([yacc],
   [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-yacc],