@@ -322,15 +322,23 @@ we skip them.
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323323The ``cp `` in this stage replaces the ``mescc-tools-extra `` ``cp ``.
324324
325- byacc 20240109
326- ==============
325+ oyacc 6.6
326+ =========
327+
328+ ``oyacc `` is a portable derivative of OpenBSD's Yacc parser generator. Unlike
329+ ``bison ``, it can be compiled with a simple ``Makefile ``. Some simple patches
330+ are required for mes libc.
331+
332+ We need a Yacc implementation for bash.
327333
328- The Berkeley Yacc parser generator, a public-domain implementation of the
329- ``yacc `` utility. Differently from the analogous ``bison `` utility from the
330- GNU project, it can be compiled with a simple ``Makefile ``.
334+ Side note; the following other implementations have been tested and not adopted:
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332- Some code is backported from an earlier version of byacc, 20140101, because
333- of an incompatibility of newer versions with meslibc.
336+ - GNU Bison: requires a more complicated build we cannot yet support without
337+ lots of work
338+ - Heirloom Devtools: licensed under a GPL-incompatible license, which makes the
339+ resultant binary with mes libc (GPL licensed) non-distributable
340+ - Berkeley Yacc: has a few C files generated using an Awk script; Awk is not yet
341+ available to us
334342
335343bash 2.05b
336344==========
@@ -341,7 +349,7 @@ kaem, including proper POSIX sh support, globbing, etc.
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342350Bash ships with a bison pre-generated file here which we delete.
343351Unfortunately, we have not bootstrapped bison but fortunately for us,
344- Berkeley Yacc is able to cope here.
352+ OpenBSD's Yacc is able to cope here.
345353
346354setup_repo
347355==========
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