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-rw-r--r-- | pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.5.nix | 41 |
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diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.5.nix new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..e373a80e46dd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.5.nix @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl }: + +stdenv.mkDerivation rec { + name = "bison-2.5"; + + src = fetchurl { + url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.bz2"; + sha256 = "1f1rai3v6k6xjii94964iq0alhc2hxwapqa363nfj8rbxvv0sdqa"; + }; + + buildInputs = [ m4 ] + ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck perl; + + doCheck = true; + + meta = { + description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator"; + + 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. + ''; + + homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/; + + license = "GPLv3+"; + + maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ]; + }; + + passthru = { glrSupport = true; }; +} |