Subject: bug#8526: [GNU Bison 2.4.588-2f658] testsuite: 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 141 149 185 186 188 189 190 191 195 247 250 287 289 291 293 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 304 305 306 307 310 311 failed

From: "Ralf Wildenhues" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:13:15 +0200

* Jim Meyering wrote on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:43:46PM CEST:
> [TL;DR using automake.git, bison.git fails "make distcheck"s non-srcdir build]

> >> /bin/sh ../build-aux/ylwrap ../src/scan-skel.l lex.yy.c src/scan-skel.c -- flex
> >> /w/bison/bison-2.4.593-a78a/_build/tests/bison: line 11:
> >> /w/bison/bison-2.4.593-a78a/_build/src/bison: No such file or
> >> directory
> >> Can't open y.tab.[ch]: No such file or directory.
> >> make[1]: *** [src/parse-gram.c] Error 1

Likely dupe of http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8485
regression introduced in v1.11-328-ge87c030/

> FYI, I've just  bootstrapped bison from scratch, but without using
> e.g., personally-installed automake build from automake.git's master.
> That solved the problem, but I don't know precisely why yet.

Explained by above.

Thanks,
Ralf