From 8206a282b157fcf2d7435850587bf3ae29319698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kądziołka Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:20:37 +0200 Subject: gnu: bison: Mention yacc in the description. This should help the user find the package if the goal is to satisfy a dependency on yacc. * gnu/packages/bison.scm (bison)[synopsis, description]: Explain compatibility with Yacc. --- gnu/packages/bison.scm | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnu/packages/bison.scm') diff --git a/gnu/packages/bison.scm b/gnu/packages/bison.scm index 725f38263f..4c6da7d9b7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/bison.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/bison.scm @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice ;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner ;;; Copyright © 2020 B. Wilson +;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -57,12 +58,14 @@ (inputs `(("flex" ,flex))) (propagated-inputs `(("m4" ,m4))) (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/") - (synopsis "Parser generator") + (synopsis "Yacc-compatible parser generator") (description "GNU Bison is a general-purpose parser generator. It can build a deterministic or generalized LR parser from an annotated, context-free grammar. It is versatile enough to have many applications, from parsers for -simple tools through complex programming languages.") +simple tools through complex programming languages. + +Bison also provides an implementation of @command{yacc}, as specified by POSIX.") (license gpl3+))) (define-public bison-3.6 -- cgit v1.2.3