https://gcc.gnu.org/g:c25056f3d642da9a066b237fac09bce7510d8b84
commit r17-1629-gc25056f3d642da9a066b237fac09bce7510d8b84 Author: James K. Lowden <[email protected]> Date: Wed Jun 17 16:45:40 2026 -0400 install: Update required Bison version. gcc/ChangeLog: * doc/install.texi: COBOL requires Bison 3.8.2. Diff: --- gcc/doc/install.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 5ce11ac3c0cb..6297e23744a5 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -294,9 +294,10 @@ section. @item @anchor{GCOBOL-prerequisite}GCOBOL The COBOL compiler, gcobol, first appeared in GCC 15. To build the -COBOL parser, you need GNU Bison 3.5.1 or later (but not 3.8.0). To build -the lexer requires GNU Flex 2.6.4, the current version as of this writing, -released on 2017-05-06. +COBOL parser, you need GNU Bison 3.8.2, the current version of as of +this writing, released 2021-09-25. To build the lexer requires GNU +Flex 2.6.4, also the current version as of this writing, released on +2017-05-06. The gcobol documentation is maintained as manpages using troff mdoc. GNU groff is required to convert them to PDF format. Conversion @@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ Necessary to build GCC during development because the generated output files are not included in the version-controlled source repository. They are included in releases. -@item Bison version 3.5.1 or later (but not 3.8.0) +@item Bison version 3.8.2 (or later) Necessary when modifying @file{*.y} files in the COBOL front end.
