Re: [nft PATCH v2] parser_bison: Fix for bison < 3.6

Phil Sutter <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:10:26 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 03:02:02PM +0200, Jan Kończak wrote:
> I guess the right way is to add 'autoconf-archive' package to build
> dependencies - it ships the missing file. Hopefully adding this as
> a dependency won't be a big issue.
> 
> 
> On poniedziałek, 27 lipca 2026 14:18 Eric Garver wrote:
> > Hey Phil,
> > 
> > I see a configure failure after this change [1] on ubuntu-24.04.
> > 
> >   ./configure: line 5247: syntax error near unexpected token `3.6,'
> >   ./configure: line 5247: `			AX_PROG_BISON_VERSION(3.6,'
> >   Error: Process completed with exit code 2.
> > 
> > Does ax_prog_bison_version.m4 need to be added to the m4 directory?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > E.
> > 
> > [1]:
> > https://github.com/firewalld/firewalld/actions/runs/30020547439/job/8996965
> > 4992

Sorry for the mess, I submitted a fix meanwhile:

https://lore.kernel.org/netfilter-devel/[email protected]/

Could you perhaps give this a quick test?

Thanks, Phil