RE: cannot open file xxx/bison-2.4/share/bison/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4

[Sieburgh,Wouter]

OK, Hans and Akim, thank for the answers, although it is what I hoped for....

Wouter

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Aberg [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:31 PM
To: Sieburgh,Wouter
Cc: Akim Demaille; address@hidden
Subject: Re: cannot open file xxx/bison-2.4/share/bison/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4

On 24 Aug 2011, at 15:21, Sieburgh,Wouter wrote:

> If I cannot move it, it means that I will not be able to build bison (in 
> various versions) and then give those installations to my customers (as a 
> convenience), unless they copy it in exactly the same path as I built it, am 
> I right?

Though POSIX programs like can try compile them using relative paths.

Hans


> Le 24 août 2011 à 10:09, Sieburgh,Wouter a écrit :
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I had built a bison, and installed it is a specific directory. That was
>> OK, as expected.
>> 
>> 
>> Later on, I had to move it, but now I'm getting messages like:
>> 
>> cannot open file xxx/bison-2.4/share/bison/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a solid way to install bison in one place, in a way that it
>> still works after moving it?
> 
> Don't move it, specify where you want it to be by passing --prefix to 
> configure.  See the INSTALL file which is in the package.