bug#308: bug#308: Lnx-bbc-bugs] bug#308: Package: XFree86

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 11:41:51PM -0800, Sam Phillips wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 04:55:43PM +0000, Sean Neakums wrote:
> > commence  Michael H. Frey quotation:
> > 
> > > There appears to be a bug in the build files for pswrap. the path to
> > > the bison.simple file is incorrect.  My build system is RH 8.0, the
> > > gar/X11/XFree86/work/xc/lib/dps just before pswrap builds fine, and
> > > appears to have the same references to bison.  Any help in correcting
> > > the problem would be appreciated.    Mike
> > 
> > We do not currently support building the BBC on anything other than
> > Debian stable or Debian testing, although our ultimate long-term goal
> > is for the system to be as close self-hosting as is practicable.
> > 
> > In the meantime, please consider using the chroot method for your
> > build:
> > 
> > http://www.lnx-bbc.org/chroot.html
> 
> I'm running the chroot here and I seem to be getting the same result.
> Going to see if this was a recently introduced bug.

So a quick scan of the cvs tree seems to indicate that bison hasn't been
updated in 2 months and that before Jan 30th the only changes to XFree86
were made on Jan 8.

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