I just saw I sent my reply only to him but not to bug-grub. So here it is. By the way I failed to say that bison 1.875 is from somewhere 2003, whereas bison 2.3 is from 2006
-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Felix Zielcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: Gregg C Levine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Betreff: RE: [bug #22758] grub-2: compile fails with > [grub_script.tab.h] Brokenpipe > Datum: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:57:03 +0200 > > Am Donnerstag, den 21.08.2008, 17:46 -0400 schrieb Gregg C Levine: > > Hello! > > Please define the terms "old bison and old gcc and old kernel". > > newest stable gcc is 4.3 not 3.3 > newest stable kernel ist 2.6.26.3 not 2.4.xx > newest stable bison is 2.3 not 1.875 > > > While I am not dropping hints, I can safely say that my primary Linux system > > happens to be managing quite well thank you using software that is currently > > supplied on a system that's two versions behind. > > > > Ideally this particular bug can be closed, on one condition. That condition > > is that the problem has been resolved. > > "Broken pipe" is nothing which can be fixed in the Code of GRUB > Maybe it can be workedaround in the makefiles somehow, but I still > believe this is a bug in that old bison or maybe somewhere else. > > > Incidentally which distribution was this, and what were the versions of each > > items? > > -- > The versions look like Debian sarge > Current Debian stable is etch and lenny will be hopefully released next > month _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
