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* README (Build from git): New.
* README-hacking: Describe easier submodule update.
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Eric S. Raymond
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This package contains the GNU Bison parser generator.
* Installation
** Build
** Build from git
Here are basic installation instructions for a repository checkout:
$ git submodules update --init
$ ./bootstrap
then proceed with the usual 'configure && make' steps.
README-hacking contains more information about building and modifying the
software.
** Build for tarball
See the file INSTALL for generic compilation and installation instructions.
Bison requires GNU m4 1.4.6 or later. See:

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** Updating
The use of submodules make things somewhat different because git does not
support recursive operations: submodules must be taken care of explicitly by
the user.
If you have git at version 1.8.2 or later, the command
$ git submodule update --recursive --remote
will be useful for updating to the latest version of all submodules.
Under earlier versions, use of submodules make things somewhat different
because git does not yet support recursive operations: submodules must be
taken care of explicitly.
*** Updating Bison