The message on configure is misleading:
checking whether the linker accepts -std=c++11... yes
checking whether the linker accepts -std=c++14... yes
checking whether the linker accepts -std=c++17... no
It is the compiler that we check, not just the linker.
* m4/ax_check_link_flag.m4: Remove.
* m4/bison-check-compiler-flag.m4: New.
* m4/bison-cxx-std.m4: Use it.
On the CI, we had failures such as:
./c++.at:401: $PREPARSER ./list
stderr:
./list: error while loading shared libraries: libc++.so.1:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
because we accepted `-std=c++ -stdlib=libc++` although libc++ is not
installed on the machine.
* m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4 (AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG): Rewrite as...
* m4/bison-check-compile-flag.m4 (BISON_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG): this, so
that we use AC_LINK_IFELSE to check the compiler (and its std lib)
instead of AC_COMPILE_IFELSE.
On the CI, we have this spurious failure with clang 3.9 with
-std=c++17:
In file included from list.y:23:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/iostream:39:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ostream:38:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ios:42:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/ios_base.h:41:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/locale_classes.h:40:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/string:52:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/basic_string.h:2815:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.8/ext/string_conversions.h:43:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/cstdio:120:11: error: no member named 'gets' in the global namespace
using ::gets;
~~^
This shows that our test, based on gl_WARN_ADD, is a joke. We have to
really check for at least a bit of C++.
* m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4, m4/bison-cxx-std.m4: New.
* configure.ac: Use them to make sure the compiler actually works.
* README-hacking: Commit before bootstrapping.
* bootstrap.conf: gnulib_mk is no longer defined by bootstrap.
* bootstrap, gnulib, lib/.gitignore, m4/.gitignore: Update/regen.
* src/location.c (location_caret): finish the line with one whether or not it
is present in input. Rewrite code without getline.
(cleanup_caret): Reset the caret_info global.
* bootstrap.conf: No longer require getline.
* 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
* m4/c-working.m4 (BISON_LANG_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT): New.
(BISON_C_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT): Use it.
For consistency with C++, also define BISON_C_WORKS.
* m4/cxx.m4 (BISON_CXX_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT): New.
* configure.ac: Use it.
* tests/atlocal.in: Get its result.
Propagate properly CXX values when used to compile C.
When POSIXLY_CORRECT, adjust BISON_C_WORKS and BISON_CXX_WORKS.
* tests/local.at (AT_COMPILE): Use BISON_C_WORKS.
* origin/maint:
misc: pacify the Tiny C Compiler
cpp: make the check of Flex version portable
misc: require getline
c++: support wide strings for file names
doc: document carets
tests: enhance existing tests with carets
errors: show carets
getargs: add support for --flags/-f
Conflicts:
doc/bison.texi
m4/.gitignore
src/complain.c
src/flex-scanner.h
src/getargs.c
src/getargs.h
src/gram.c
src/main.c
tests/headers.at
* origin/maint:
parser: accept #line NUM
m4: use a safer pattern to enable/disable output
tests: beware of gnulib's need for config.h
gnulib: update
yacc.c, glr.c: check and fix the display of locations
formatting changes
glr.c: remove stray macro
Conflicts:
data/c.m4
data/glr.cc
data/lalr1.cc
data/lalr1.java
data/location.cc
data/stack.hh
data/yacc.c
src/scan-gram.l
* origin/maint:
regen
maint: post-release administrivia
version 2.6.5
regen
tests: syntax-check
tests: beware of compilers that do not support POSIXLY_CORRECT
gnulib: update
Conflicts:
src/parse-gram.c
src/parse-gram.h
tests/atlocal.in
Running "maintainer-release-check" on OS X with Clang 2.9 fails,
because "clang-mp-2.9 -o test -g test.c" launches "/usr/bin/dsymutil
test -o test.dSYM" which fails with "error: unable to open executable
'-o'".
* m4/c-working.m4 (BISON_CHECK_WITH_POSIXLY_CORRECT)
(BISON_C_COMPILER_POSIXLY_CORRECT): New.
* configure.ac: Use the latter.
* tests/atlocal.in (POSIXLY_CORRECT_IS_EXPORTED): New.
* tests/local.at (AT_BISON_CHECK_WARNINGS_): Use it instead of computing its
value each time.
(AT_QUELL_VALGRIND): Skip tests that cannot work because of compilers
that do not support POSIXLY_CORRECT.
Suggested by Jim Meyering.
* etc/prefix-gnulib-mk: Remove, as it is now provided by...
* bootstrap.conf (modules): the non-recursive-gnulib-prefix-hack module.
* build-aux/.gitignore, configure.ac, m4/.gitignore: Adjust.
* maint:
use obstack_printf
scanner: restore a missing start condition
gnulib: update
maint: post-release administrivia
version 2.6.1
gnulib: update
maint: fix some syntax-check issues
tests: do not depend on __cplusplus to decide for C++ or C output
Conflicts:
NEWS
bootstrap.conf
cfg.mk
lib/.gitignore
This is not just nicer, it is also much safer, since we were
using sprintf...
* bootstrap.conf: Require it.
* src/system.h (obstack_fgrow1, obstack_fgrow2, obstack_fgrow3)
(obstack_fgrow4): Remove.
Adjust dependencies.
* origin/maint:
maint: update gnu-web-doc-update.
maint: post-release administrivia
version 2.6
maint: prepare for release 2.6
maint: post-release administrivia
version 2.5.91
maint: prepare NEWS.
maint: fix spaces.
tests: adjust to case where the C compiler is actually a C++ compiler
tests: fix dependencies
doc: fix Texinfo command
maint: Valgrind on OS X.
tests: be sure that backups are safe.
maint: dead comment.
tests: refactor for legibility.
tests: refactor the bison invocations.
maint: fix syntax-check ignore patterns.
gnulib: update
gnulib: update.
gnulib: update
Conflicts:
build-aux/Makefile.am
cfg.mk
tests/Makefile.am
* m4/flex.m4 (_AC_PROG_LEX_YYTEXT_DECL): Check that $LEX
supports some of the Flex options, and exclusive start conditions.
Define FLEX to 'yes'/'', as AC_PROG_CC does for GCC.
* origin/maint:
bump to 2012 in skeletons.
build: remove ancient Autoconf tests.
doc: c++: complete the location documentation.
c++: locations: provide convenience constructors.
c++: locations: remove useless "inline".
glr: do not use locations when they are not requested
c++: use nullptr for C++11.
build: simplify and improve the compiler warnings for tests.
gnulib: update.
maint: formatting changes.
NEWS: update.
Java: Fix syntax error handling without error token.
tests: beware of -pedantic on large #line numbers.
tests: when using the C++ compiler, use its flags too.
Conflicts:
data/glr.c
data/glr.cc
data/lalr1.cc
data/location.cc
data/yacc.c
tests/Makefile.am