[ARGUS] build with bison OR yacc

[slif at bellsouth.net]

If yacc is inadequate, one would expect "yacc" or "gcc" to complain

that doesn't happen (FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE)
in either argus nor argus-clients configure/make.


> 
> From: Peter Van Epp <vanepp at sfu.ca>
> Date: 2004/09/29 Wed PM 05:32:19 EDT
> To: argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: [ARGUS] build with bison OR yacc
> 
> 	Argus uses prefixes which didn't used to be supported by yacc (which 
> is why bison is required). I don't know if that is still true (I expect so,
> I don't think yacc has been changed in years).
> 
> Peter Van Epp / Operations and Technical Support 
> Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
> 
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:09:23PM -0400, slif at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > I've wondered why bison is required.
> > 
> > ASSERTION: If yacc is available, it should work as well as bison.
> > 
> > If this assertion is true, apply the attached patches
> > to the current (May 10 2004) releases of argus and argus-clients.
> >   [2.0.6.fixes.1]
> > 
> > If this assertion is false, please describe why.
> > 
> > 
> > If you use "autoconf", apply the patches before you run "autoconf"..
> > 
> > [The stupid web-based MTA that my ISP provides deletes the first
> > attachment.  So, I've had to wrap both patches in a gzip'd tar file.]
> > .
> > 
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