[bug-gnulib] Re: getdate don't need alloca

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> As far as I can tell, getdate doesn't use alloca.
>
> Look at the .c file that is generated by bison (ca. version 1.30).
> It needs alloca for the token stack.

I'm using bison 1.875a (as shipped by Debian).  Do earlier versions
use alloca unconditionally?  That doesn't sound portable...

Would wrapping the #include inside a #if HAVE_ALLOCA test work?

Thanks.