On Mon, 2024-12-16 at 11:32 -0500, James K. Lowden wrote: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:52 +0000 (UTC) > Joseph Myers <josmy...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > However, if introducing a Bison dependency, it needs to be > > documented > > (being specific about version requirements) in install.texi. > > Under "Tools/packages necessary for building GCC", in Prequisites, > yes? > > In gcc/cobol/parse,y, we have, > > %require "3.5.1" // 3.8.2 also works, but not 3.8.0 > > David Malcolm reports success with 3.5.
with the caveats that "success" here means: - it built, and I managed to compile *one* .cbl file and that seemed to work - I didn't attempt to run any test suite, and - I have zero expertise in COBOL Dave > Should I change the above on > the strength of his experience, or is a more methodical approach > indicated? > > I will add install.texi to the next version of the COBOL patches. > > --jkl > > P.S. i am acting on the recommendations everyone posted. Thank you > for the comments, which were mostly very helpful. I'm restricting my > on-list replies unless I have a question, to minimize the noise. I > will have a new patchset ready this week, possibly tomorrow. >
