From 3affae58b795fb238bed17c35cadcefabdc1f0ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Magnus Hagander Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:27:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Note that Bison on GnuWin32 has trouble with paths with spaces Peter Eisentraut --- doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml index 72a700fdcc..3c9d90ef33 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml @@ -201,7 +201,18 @@ $ENV{PATH}=$ENV{PATH} . ';c:\some\where\bison\bin'; Bison can be downloaded from . Flex can be downloaded from . - + + + + + The Bison distribution from GnuWin32 appears to have a bug that + causes Bison to malfunction when installed in a directory with + spaces in the name, such as the default location on English + installations C:\Program Files\GnuWin32. + Consider installing into C:\GnuWin32 instead. + + + -- 2.40.0