openscad @2015.03-3_7: build failure with newer bison versions - error: 'parser.tab.h' file not found

[dstrubbe (David Strubbe)]

XCode 9.2, OSX 10.12.6. With bison @3.7.1_0 or 3.7_0 I get the errors below. It builds successfully with bison @3.6_4.

In file included from src/parser.y:38:
src/module.h:110:24: warning: 'FileModule::instantiate' hides overloaded virtual function [-Woverloaded-virtual]
        virtual AbstractNode *instantiate(const Context *ctx, const ModuleInstantiation *inst, EvalContext *evalctx = NULL);
                              ^
src/module.h:83:24: note: hidden overloaded virtual function 'Module::instantiate' declared here: different qualifiers (const vs none)
        virtual AbstractNode *instantiate(const Context *ctx, const ModuleInstantiation *inst, EvalContext *evalctx = NULL) const;
                              ^
parser.tab.c:145:10: fatal error: 'parser.tab.h' file not found
#include "parser.tab.h"
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 warning and 1 error generated.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

We've seen similar problems with bison 3.7 in some other ports, but as far as I know this is not considered a bug in bison; each port needs to be patched to accommodate how bison now works. Try updating openscad to a newer version first; maybe upstream has already fixed it.

[murrayE]

The same (I think) error is being generated during build of openscad @2015.03-3_8 under macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 using MacPorts 2.6.99 and Xcode CLT 12.4.

main.log is attached.

[murrayE]

main.log - added by murray 2021-02-13

[kencu (Ken)]

openscad has been updated, bison has been updated, several years have gone by, and this issue no longer happens.

​https://ports.macports.org/port/openscad/details/

confirmed local build from source on 11.7.9