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Akim Demaille
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** First checkout
Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to check out
this package from the repository. For the record, you will find all the
relevant information on:
Obviously, if you are reading these notes, you did manage to check out this
package from the repository. For the record, you will find all the relevant
information on:
http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=bison
Bison uses Git submodules: subscriptions to other Git repositories.
In particular it uses gnulib, the GNU portability library. To ask Git
to perform the first checkout of the submodules, run
Bison uses Git submodules: subscriptions to other Git repositories. In
particular it uses gnulib, the GNU portability library. To ask Git to
perform the first checkout of the submodules, run
$ git submodule update --init
$ git submodule update --init
The next step is to get other files needed to build, which are
extracted from other source packages:
The next step is to get other files needed to build, which are extracted
from other source packages:
$ ./bootstrap
@@ -115,14 +115,15 @@ bootstrap.
If it fails with missing symbols (e.g., "error: possibly undefined macro:
AC_PROG_GNU_M4"), you are likely to have forgotten the submodule
initialization part. Otherwise, there you are! Just
initialization part. To recover from it, run `git reset --hard HEAD`, and
restart with the submodule initialization. Otherwise, there you are! Just
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make check
At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy,
and the master copy:
At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy, and
the master copy:
$ git diff
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ Enjoy!
** 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.
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.
*** Updating Bison