Re: plpgsql requires bison

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: plpgsql requires bison
Date: 1999-08-16 20:12:58
Message-ID: 199908162012.QAA11291@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >
> > I have received a report that pl/plpgsql requires bison to compile. I
> > have verified this is true, at least on BSD/OS 4.01, and since we enable
> > plpgsql compile by default, this requires bison for our standard build.
> >
> > The issue appears to be contents of gram.tab.c, which is part of our
> > distribution, and contains at the top:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Jan, is this a known portability problem?
>
> I had expected portability problems with the PL/pgSQL parser
> and suggested to put prepared flex/bison output files into
> our distribution as we do it for the main backend parser.
> Unfortunately I forgot about it.

OK, I have fixed the problem by testing to see if I am running Bison,
and doing the include in the proper place.

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