error: yacc.h: No such file or directory

[Ian Lepore]

On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 09:51 -0700, Bryan Drewery wrote:
> On 6/18/2019 3:56 AM, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
> > Have seen another report on Twitter yesterday. Didn't see a full
> > build
> > log, but theirs was had apparently without -j, apparently on June
> > 14
> > sources:
> > 
> > Error:
> > /usr/src/usr.bin/mkesdb/lex.1:46:10: fatal error: 'yacc.h' file not
> > found
> > 
> > Have not heard back from them whether it continued after trying -j2
> > but
> > I did ask them to hit up freebsd-current if it continued to be an
> > issue
> 
> Even -j1 should avoid it. For some reason I am only seeing it without
> any -j flag at all.
> 
> I should have a fix in soon.
> 

There's a subtle difference between -j1 and no -j at all, having to do
with running in "compatibility mode".  I forget the details, but I
remember being burned by the difference once. :)

-- Ian