At 13:16 -0700 2005/05/23, Paul Eggert wrote:
Hans Aberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is so special about m4-1.4.3?
It's because I don't want to worry about bugs in m4 1.4.2 that were
fixed in 1.4.3. (I don't even want to have to worry about cataloging
the bugs and documenting them. :-)
Then perhaps there should perhaps be a more formal formulation:
"bison-2a is only supported for use with m4-1.4.3", perhaps with an
explanation that bison might work with earlier versions of m4, but
there are no guarantees.
In addition, I think Bison should make some check for version of m4.
For example, if bison is run, and m4 is old, a warning should perhaps
be issued. And when people report bugs, there should perhaps be a
printout of some sort, showing which m4 version was used.
--
Hans Aberg
