help needed : old bison 1.2.8 not support parse-param/lex-param(cpio 2.09/2.10/2.11)

[Mitchell Erblich]

et al,

        I am working in a restricted environment and am attempting to use a 
later 2.11 version of
        cpio with a bison version 1.2.8.

        The current issue is that this version has a getdate.y file with the 
two bison directives
        (parse-param & lex-param) which generates errors in bison 1.2.8. Which 
I assume
        does not normally support these two directives.

        Is their a simple change to the 2.11/2.10/2.09 (unknown earlier version 
of cpio) getdate.y to 
        remove these or is it a simple manner of using a earlier getdate.y 
version, in the 2.11 cpio?

        Looking for a known workaround if possible?

        Thanks,
                        Mitchell Erblich
                        UNIX Kernel Engineer : not a Bison expert or Bison 
newbie