ax_prog_bison.m4

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# SYNOPSIS
#
#   AX_PROG_BISON(ACTION-IF-TRUE,ACTION-IF-FALSE)
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
#   Check whether bison is the parser generator. Run ACTION-IF-TRUE if
#   successful, ACTION-IF-FALSE otherwise
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#   Copyright (c) 2009 Francesco Salvestrini <salvestrini@users.sourceforge.net>
#   Copyright (c) 2010 Diego Elio Petteno` <flameeyes@gmail.com>
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#serial 9

# mattst88:
#     Modified YACC assignment to remove -o y.tab.c since we're writing
#     our own .y/.yy rules.
#
#     Replaced m4_ifnblank(...) with m4_ifval(m4_normalize(...), ...)
#     since m4_ifnblank requires autoconf-2.64.

AC_DEFUN([AX_PROG_BISON], [
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_YACC])
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_EGREP])

  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if bison is the parser generator],[ax_cv_prog_bison],[
    AS_IF([$YACC --version 2>/dev/null | $EGREP -q '^bison '],
      [ax_cv_prog_bison=yes], [ax_cv_prog_bison=no])
  ])
  AS_IF([test "$ax_cv_prog_bison" = "yes"], [
      dnl replace the yacc-compatible compiler with the real bison, as
      dnl otherwise autoconf limits us to the POSIX yacc.
      dnl We also change the generated filename to the old one, so that
      dnl automake's ylwrap can deal with it.
      YACC="${YACC% -y}"
    ] m4_ifval(m4_normalize([$1]), [[$1]]),
    m4_ifval(m4_normalize([$2]), [[$2]])
  )
])