Re: What bison versions are installed on buildfarm machines?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Is there any way to find out $subject?  I see that several of the
> buildfarm machines are choking on a patch I committed yesterday:
> 
> guc-file.l: In function `ProcessConfigFile':
> guc-file.l:162: error: `YY_FLUSH_BUFFER' undeclared (first use in this function)
> guc-file.l:162: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> guc-file.l:162: error: for each function it appears in.)
> make[4]: *** [guc.o] Error 1
> 
> YY_FLUSH_BUFFER is documented as a standard macro in bison 1.875, which
> is the oldest version we officially support.  But I'm prepared to change
> it if there is another way that would work with a wider range of bison
> versions.

I just verified that -HEAD is broken on Debian Sarge 3.1 (nearly all of
the failing buildfarm members are Debian Sarge 3.1 boxes) - and I just
verified the Problem exists on i386 too.

The version of bison available on Debian Sarge reports as:

bison (GNU Bison) 1.875d
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Stefan