[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release bison-2.6.3-1.mga3

Tue Oct 23 09:23:42 CEST 2012

On 23/10/12 03:10, fwang wrote:
+> Name        : bison                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
+> Version     : 2.6.3                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
+> Release     : 1.mga3                        Build Date: Tue Oct 23 04:00:15 2012
+> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: jonund.mageia.org
+> Group       : Development/Other             Source RPM: (none)
+
+It should probably be either in Development/C or Development/Tools (if 
+it's not C-specific).
+Development/Other should be for other programming languages.
+
+> Size        : 1747896                          License: GPL
+> Signature   : (none)
+> Packager    : fwang <fwang>
+> URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
+> Summary     : A GNU general-purpose parser generator
+> Description :
+> Bison is a general purpose parser generator which converts a grammar
+> description for an LALR context-free grammar into a C program to parse
+> that grammar.  Bison can be used to develop a wide range of language
+> parsers, from ones used in simple desk calculators to complex programming
+> languages.  Bison is upwardly compatible with Yacc, so any correctly
+> written Yacc grammar should work with Bison without any changes.  If
+> you know Yacc, you shouldn't have any trouble using Bison (but you do need
+> to be very proficient in C programming to be able to use Bison).  Many
+> programs use Bison as part of their build process. Bison is only needed
+> on systems that are used for development.
+>
+> If your system will be used for C development, you should install Bison
+> since it is used to build many C programs.
+>
+> fwang <fwang> 2.6.3-1.mga3:
+> + Revision: 309399
+> - new version 2.6.3
+>
+
+Thanks,
+-- 
+Malo
+