Ruby 3.3.0-dev build fail make [parse.c] Error 63 (GNU) Bison OOD #1496
Description
Following-up
rbenv lists 3.3.0-dev but build failed (log)
rbenv install
# bison
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bison: missing operand after `/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bison'
Try `/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/bison --help' for more information.bison (GNU Bison) 2.3
Written by Robert Corbett and Richard Stallman.
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.Upg local/CI bison (nb: build-bison-ruby)
ubuntu-22.04 apt pkgs also on 2.3
but not on macos-12 (macos-13 eta q2 2023 prob won't either)
so CI requires additional manual install (like latest cmake on ubuntu)
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