Bug #1361: Configure fails to recognize the absence of bison http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1361 Author: Wesha the Leopard Status: Open, Priority: Normal Category: core ruby -v: ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz There is a line "YACC = bison" in Makefile.in; but configure fails to recognize the absence of bison Bison is NOT installed by default on FreeBSD, resulting in the following error when "make"ing: ------------------------------------- bison -d -o y.tab.c parse.y gmake: bison: Command not found gmake: *** [parse.c] Error 127 *** Error code 2 Stop in /root/_build/ruby. ------------------------------------- Desired functionality: * configure recognizes the absence of bison and falls back to yacc Less desired functionality: * configure recognizes the absence of bison and downloads and complies it in a temporary directory within the working directory tree Least desired functionality: * configure recognizes the absence of bison and notifies the user of inability to continue. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org