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

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, badalex(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Enable script to generate preproc.y in build process.
Date: 2008-11-16 17:12:34
Message-ID: 49205482.10104@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>

It's about 2 weeks old, by the look of it; you're not going to see it
rolling out to most distributions for a while.

But maybe someone would like to upgrade their buildfarm member
regardless of that.

cheers

andrew

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