[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release bison-2.6.3-1.mga3
Malo
pierre-malo.denielou at rhul.ac.uk
Tue Oct 23 09:23:42 CEST 2012
On 23/10/12 03:10, fwang wrote:
> Name : bison Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version : 2.6.3 Vendor: Mageia.Org
> Release : 1.mga3 Build Date: Tue Oct 23 04:00:15 2012
> Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: jonund.mageia.org
> Group : Development/Other Source RPM: (none)
It should probably be either in Development/C or Development/Tools (if
it's not C-specific).
Development/Other should be for other programming languages.
> Size : 1747896 License: GPL
> Signature : (none)
> Packager : fwang <fwang>
> URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
> Summary : A GNU general-purpose parser generator
> Description :
> Bison is a general purpose parser generator which converts a grammar
> description for an LALR context-free grammar into a C program to parse
> that grammar. Bison can be used to develop a wide range of language
> parsers, from ones used in simple desk calculators to complex programming
> languages. Bison is upwardly compatible with Yacc, so any correctly
> written Yacc grammar should work with Bison without any changes. If
> you know Yacc, you shouldn't have any trouble using Bison (but you do need
> to be very proficient in C programming to be able to use Bison). Many
> programs use Bison as part of their build process. Bison is only needed
> on systems that are used for development.
>
> If your system will be used for C development, you should install Bison
> since it is used to build many C programs.
>
> fwang <fwang> 2.6.3-1.mga3:
> + Revision: 309399
> - new version 2.6.3
>
Thanks,
--
Malo
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