Bison 1 and 2

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 11:17:02AM +0200, Hans Lambermont wrote:
> While upgrading vlc-0.8.4a_2 to vlc-0.8.5_2 I ran into :
> 
> ===>  bison-1.75_2,1 conflicts with installed package(s):
>       bison-2.1_2
> 
> In /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk I see for bison :
> 
> .if defined(USE_BISON)
> BUILD_DEPENDS+= bison:${PORTSDIR}/devel/bison
> .endif
> 
> I changed this into:
> 
> .if defined(USE_BISON)
> BUILD_DEPENDS+= bison:${PORTSDIR}/devel/bison2
> .endif
> 
> I'm aware that this can cause problem for those who depend on
> features/syntax/whatever which is only found in bison'1'. My vlc
> upgrade went fine with bison2.
> 
> What is the port manager's plan with bison1/2 ? Should we introduce
> something like a 'USE_BISON_VERSION' (make.conf candidate) to extend
> 'USE_BISON' for ports that can use both versions and also split
> 'USE_BISON' into 'USE_BISON1' and 'USE_BISON2' for those who cannot ?

Last time I tried it everything built with bison 2 on i386 (with some
patches).  I need to test it on other arches though - hopefully I'll
get to this in about a month.  If all is well then we can just update
it globally.

Kris

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