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@@ -16,26 +16,31 @@ # A script to reconfigure autotools for HDF5, and to recreate other # generated files specifc to HDF5. # -# IMPORTANT OS-X NOTE +# IMPORTANT OS X NOTE # -# If you are using OS-X, you will probably not have the autotools -# installed, even if you have the XCode command-line tools. The -# easiest way to fix this is to install them via Homebrew: +# If you are using OS X, you will probably not have the autotools +# installed, even if you have the Xcode command-line tools. The +# bison version you have installed may also have a bug that makes +# it unable to process our input files. +# +# The easiest way to fix this is to install everything via Homebrew: # # http://brew.sh/ # -# After you install the base packages, install autoconf, automake, and -# libtool. +# After you install the base packages, install autoconf, automake, +# libtool, and flex/bison. # # brew install autoconf # brew install automake # brew install libtool +# brew install flex +# brew install bison # # This only takes a few minutes. Note that libtool and libtoolize will # be glibtool and glibtoolize so as not to conflict with Apple's non-gnu # tools. This autogen.sh script handles this for you. # -# END IMPORTANT OS-X NOTE +# END IMPORTANT OS X NOTE # # If you want to use a particular version of the autotools, the paths # to each tool can be overridden using the following environment @@ -382,6 +387,10 @@ bin/make_overflow src/H5overflow.txt || exit 1 # Run flex and bison # automatically generates hl/src/H5LTanalyze.c and hl/src/H5LTparse.c +# Note that, as of Xcode 6.1 (2015), the default bison version on OS X +# is old enough to have the circular dependency bug. You'll have +# to install a later version of bison. See the OS X note at the top +# of this script. echo echo "Running flex/bison:" cd hl/src |