Re: pgsql: Enable script to generate preproc.y in build process.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: badalex(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Enable script to generate preproc.y in build process.
Date: 2008-11-16 16:33:06
Message-ID: 215.1226853186@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 05:39:49PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I wonder how many other projects' code will break?

> Me too. The ecpg.trailer code was just copied from the old preproc.y so I guess
> this bug has been in before we moved to the new automatic build.

If so then we would need to back-patch, but if I'm correctly identifying
the corresponding code in 8.3, it has a semicolon where expected.

> Could we get one of the buildfarm members to upgrade to bison 2.4?
> Even if we now compile through cleanly on that one test system, I'd
> rather have a regular build using this new version.

Yeah, this would be a good idea.

regards, tom lane

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