Subject: [PATCH] gnu: bison: Mention yacc in the description.
From: Jakub Kądziołka <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:25:01 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

This should help the user find the package if the goal is to satisfy a
dependency on yacc.

* gnu/packages/bison.scm (bison)[synopsis, description]: Explain
  compatibility with Yacc.
---

Inspired #42474. Sending to the mailinglist for feedback, since I'm not
quite sure of the wording here.

 gnu/packages/bison.scm | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/bison.scm b/gnu/packages/bison.scm
index 725f38263f..95a3ff5a23 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bison.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bison.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 B. Wilson <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -57,12 +58,14 @@
     (inputs `(("flex" ,flex)))
     (propagated-inputs `(("m4" ,m4)))
     (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/")
-    (synopsis "Parser generator")
+    (synopsis "Yacc-compatible parser generator")
     (description
      "GNU Bison is a general-purpose parser generator.  It can build a
 deterministic or generalized LR parser from an annotated, context-free
 grammar.  It is versatile enough to have many applications, from parsers for
-simple tools through complex programming languages.")
+simple tools through complex programming languages.
+
+Bison also provides an implementation of Yacc, as specified by POSIX.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public bison-3.6
-- 
2.27.0