Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version 1.0.0rc6-PowerPC

Chapter 10. Installing Basic System Software

10.14. Bison-2.3

The Bison package contains a parser generator.

10.14.1. Installation of Bison

Prepare Bison for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr

The configure system causes bison to be built without support for internationalization of error messages if a bison program is not already in $PATH. The following addition will correct this: 

echo '#define YYENABLE_NLS 1' >> config.h

Compile the package: 

make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Install the package: 

make install

10.14.2. Contents of Bison

Installed programs: bison and yacc
Installed library: liby.a

Short Descriptions

bison

Generates, from a series of rules, a program for analyzing the structure of text files; Bison is a replacement for Yacc (Yet Another Compiler Compiler)

yacc

A wrapper for bison, meant for programs that still call yacc instead of bison; it calls bison with the -y option

liby.a

The Yacc library containing implementations of Yacc-compatible yyerror and main functions; this library is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires it