* snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.

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--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon May  3 17:06:45 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
+
+       * snapshots.readme:  Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
+
 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 
        * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the

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--- a/gdb/doc/snapshots.readme
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
                         GDB SNAPSHOT SYSTEM
                            (general info)
-                           Updated 5/2/93
+                           Updated 5/3/93
 
 WHAT ARE GDB SNAPSHOTS
 
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ Here are some simple guidelines for submitting patches:
 
 BISON and BYACC
 
+GDB's language parsers are all portable, and can be compiled with bison,
+byacc, traditional Unix yacc, or other compatible parser generators.
 For various reasons, Cygnus uses byacc rather than bison by default.  When
 a general gdb distribution is made, this default is switched back to bison.
 The snapshots follow the Cygnus default.  Your options, if you do not already
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ have byacc installed, include:
                    else echo byacc ; \                         <== change
                fi`
 
-       to replace byacc with yacc.
+       to replace "byacc" with either "yacc" or "bison -y".
 
     o  Fetch the byacc snapshot from the same location as the gdb snapshots
        and install byacc.