On Mar 07 04:46 PM, A. Wilcox wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have just done an experimental build of system/ without GNU Bison
> available. The only package that uses Bison extensions to Yacc is
> iproute2. There are three ways forward I can determine:
>
> 1) Move iproute2 to user/.
>
> We still have `ifconfig` and `route` from net-tools in system/ for base
> installs. This allows us to continue to move GNU out of system/.
I think this is the best course of action for now, and it was the first
thought that came to my mind - if we don't absolutely need iproute2 in
the base install / bootstrapping system, it shouldn't be in _at_system
anyway.
> 2) Port iproute2 to real Yacc.
>
> I am concerned that the upstream of iproute2 may not want this, though
> there has never been any public discussion that I've found on this
> topic. If they do not, then we would have to carry the patch for it.
>
> I will note that iproute2 only uses Yacc/Bison in one file, so it would
> not be a particularly large patch to carry, but it would still be a
> non-zero effort for every version bump of iproute2.
This option could be pursued at a later date if it is deemed necessary
to keep iproute2 in _at_system.
Max
Received on Thu Mar 07 2019 - 23:36:21 UTC