GNU bug report logs - #44763
Error when 'make'ing latest version of coreutils

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Akim Demaille <akim.demaille <at> gmail.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>, 44763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44763: Error when 'make'ing latest version of coreutils
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:01:27 +0100

Hi guys,

> Le 21 nov. 2020 à 07:35, Akim Demaille <akim.demaille <at> gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Pádraig,
> 
> Just in case:
> 
> $ for i in /usr/local/stow/bison-3.*

I had forgotten that there is a 2.3 sitting on my system, and indeed:

$ /usr/bin/bison gnulib/lib/parse-datetime.y
gnulib/lib/parse-datetime.y:555.9-16: syntax error, unexpected identifier, expecting string

It chokes on `%define api.pure`.

According to NEWS, this syntax was introduced in 2.4 (2008-11-02).

I have tried to install 2.7 on my system, but I can't (because of
portability issues of vasnprintf that were not covered by gnulib at
that time).  I cannot even install 3.0.

Cheers!
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