Re: Building bison 2.1 on Windows

[Laurence Finston]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, address@hidden wrote:

> Thanks, Laurence,

You're welcome.

> 
> I'll take a look and see if this route is the one for me.  In terms
> of building from the source, I'm just trying to be consistent (grab
> the tar/zip file, untar/unzip, and build on each platform).
> Binaries is a reasonable option, as well.  

For what it's worth, it can be difficult building GNU software on a
Windows system or porting it to Windows.  That's why DJGPP exists.

> Concerning Windows: my personal taste and yours align here.  But...,
> sometimes we have to do what we don't like and Windows often is
> involved ;^) 

Very true.  My condolences.

> Thanks, if I have any other questions, I'll ask.  I appreciate your help!

There will probably be someone here who can help you.  If not, you can
reach the developers on the `bug-bison' list.

Laurence