configure says "You need bison to build evolution-data-server"
No, actually, you don't. In fact I have no idea why these were ever
needed. "git blame" shows the requirements were present even in the
initial evolution-data-server commit in 2003, and yet even back then
I can't find evidence that flex or bison were actually used.
AC_PROG_INSTALL
AC_PROG_LN_S
AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
-AM_PROG_LEX
-AC_PROG_YACC
-case $YACC in
-*yacc*)
- AC_MSG_ERROR([You need bison to build evolution-data-server])
- ;;
-esac
dnl GCC 4.4 got more aggressive in its aliasing optimizations, changing
dnl behavior that -- according to the C99 standard -- is supposed to be