Update instructions for installing macOS dependencies #169
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mihaibudiu
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Dec 7, 2016
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| # Dependences | |||
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| We have tested the compiler on U*X systems (OS X and Ubuntu). The | |||
| We have tested the compiler on U*X systems (macOS and Ubuntu). The | |||
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Maybe we want to continue to support OS X too.
Not everyone wants to upgrade to the latest and greatest.
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macOS vs OS X is purely a marketing thing; there's nothing specific to a particular release here. I just figured that we may as well stay in sync with the current terminology.
cc10512
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Dec 7, 2016
| By default, Homebrew doesn't link programs into `/usr/local/bin` if they would | ||
| conflict with a version provided by the base system. This includes Bison, | ||
| since an older version ships with macOS. `make check` depends on the newer | ||
| Bison we just installed from Homebrew, so you'll want to add it to your |
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I think you should keep the explanation from above on why do we need to override the default version of bison.
+1 otherwise.
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I'll update the patch to refer to #83.
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The instructions for installing dependencies on macOS are a bit out of date; Homebrew has everything that's needed now.