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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 44763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>, 44763 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Akim Demaille <akim.demaille <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44763: Error when 'make'ing latest version of coreutils
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:47:36 +0000

On 20/11/2020 14:19, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> I keep getting
> 
> ./lib/stdlib.h:695:5: error: token "@" is not valid in preprocessor
> expressions
>    #if @GNULIB_ALIGNED_ALLOC@
>        ^
> ./lib/stdlib.h:1059:5: error: token "@" is not valid in preprocessor
> expressions
>    #if @GNULIB_POSIX_MEMALIGN@

Please update bison to >= 3.5.
I don't know what the exact new requirement is,
but will update bootstrap.conf to check that very soon.

Akim do you know the min bison version
now required by the latest gnulib?
That would spare me some bisecting.

thanks,
Pádraig
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