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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index b9358efd1d88..2642bca1d747 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ repository.</para> <para>To build the parser, very <emphasis>recent</emphasis> versions of Bison and Flex are required. (This is because Nix needs GLR support in Bison and reentrancy support in Flex.) For Bison, you need -version 1.875c or higher (1.875 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> work), -which can be obtained from the <link -xlink:href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison">GNU FTP server</link>. -For Flex, you need version 2.5.31, which is available on <link -xlink:href="http://lex.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</link>. Slightly -older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the ubiquitous -2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if you modify the -parser or when you are building from the Subversion repository.</para> +version 2.3 or higher (1.875 does <emphasis>not</emphasis> work), +which can be obtained from +the <link xlink:href="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison">GNU FTP +server</link>. For Flex, you need version 2.5.33, which is available +on <link xlink:href="http://lex.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</link>. +Slightly older versions may also work, but ancient versions like the +ubiquitous 2.5.4a won't. Note that these are only required if you +modify the parser or when you are building from the Subversion +repository.</para> <para>Nix uses Sleepycat's Berkeley DB and CWI's ATerm library. These are included in the Nix source distribution. If you build from the @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ these packages. Alternatively, if you already have them installed, you can use <command>configure</command>'s <option>--with-bdb</option> and <option>--with-aterm</option> options to point to their respective locations. Note that Berkeley DB <emphasis>must</emphasis> be version -4.4; other versions may not have compatible database formats.</para> +4.5; other versions may not have compatible database formats.</para> </section> |