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@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ have read and didn't, and you bug me about it, I'm going to yell at you. See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. -If you have neither Bison nor yacc, use the awkgram.c file here. It was +If you don't have neither Bison, use the awkgram.c file here. It was generated with Bison, and has no proprietary code in it. (Note that -modifying awkgram.y without Bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. -You might want to get a copy of Bison from the FSF too.) +modifying awkgram.y without Bison will be difficult, at best. You might +want to get a copy of Bison from the FSF too.) -Since there are two parsers in gawk (one for the grammar, one for the -debugger), there is a dependency on Bison's ability to rename the -yacc internal variables. So, you should really use Bison and not yacc. +The build mechanics depend upon Bison. Also, gawk doesn't work correctly +with some versions of yacc, so just use Bison. If you have an MS-DOS, MS-Windows, or OS/2 system, use the stuff in the `pc' directory. Similarly, there is a separate directory for VMS. |