nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/default.nix
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{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "bison-2.7";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.xz";
sha256 = "1zd77ilmpv5mi3kr55jrj6ncqlcnyhpianhrwzak2q28cv2cbn23";
};
nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck perl;
propagatedBuildInputs = [ m4 ];
doCheck = true;
# M4 = "${m4}/bin/m4";
meta = {
homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/";
description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";
license = "GPLv3+";
longDescription = ''
Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an
annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for
that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use
it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used
in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages.
Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc
grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone
familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little
trouble. You need to be fluent in C or C++ programming in order
to use Bison.
'';
maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
};
passthru = { glrSupport = true; };
}