diff -NrU5 bison/src/getargs.c bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/getargs.c
--- bison/src/getargs.c	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/getargs.c	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
   { "c++", "c++-skel.m4", ".cc", ".hh", true },
   { "java", "java-skel.m4", ".java", ".java", false },
   { "", "", "", "", false }
 };
 
-static int skeleton_prio = 2;
+int skeleton_prio = default_prio;
 const char *skeleton = NULL;
-static int language_prio = 2;
+int language_prio = default_prio;
 struct bison_language const *language = &valid_languages[0];
 const char *include = NULL;
 
 char *program_name;
 
@@ -518,15 +518,15 @@
       case 'I':
 	include = AS_FILE_NAME (optarg);
 	break;
 
       case 'L':
-	language_argmatch (optarg, 0, NULL);
+	language_argmatch (optarg, command_line_prio, NULL);
 	break;
 
       case 'S':
-	skeleton_arg (AS_FILE_NAME (optarg), 0, NULL);
+	skeleton_arg (AS_FILE_NAME (optarg), command_line_prio, NULL);
 	break;
 
       case 'T':
 	FLAGS_ARGMATCH (trace, optarg);
 	break;
diff -NrU5 bison/src/getargs.h bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/getargs.h
--- bison/src/getargs.h	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/getargs.h	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* Parse command line arguments for bison.
 
    Copyright (C) 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-   2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
 # define GETARGS_H_
 
 #include "location.h"
 
 extern char *program_name;
+enum { command_line_prio, grammar_prio, default_prio };
 
 /* flags set by % directives */
 
 /* for -S */
 extern char const *skeleton;
+extern int skeleton_prio;
 
 /* for -I */
 extern char const *include;
 
 extern bool debug_flag;			/* for -t */
@@ -66,10 +68,11 @@
   char src_extension[sizeof ".java"];
   char header_extension[sizeof ".java"];
   bool add_tab;
 };
 
+extern int language_prio;
 extern struct bison_language const *language;
 
 /*-----------.
 | --report.  |
 `-----------*/
diff -NrU5 bison/src/parse-gram.c bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.c
--- bison/src/parse-gram.c	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.c	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3b.21-d67c5-dirty.  */
+/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.4.4-738cd.  */
 
 /* Skeleton implementation for Bison's Yacc-like parsers in C
    
       Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
 
 /* Identify Bison output.  */
 #define YYBISON 1
 
 /* Bison version.  */
-#define YYBISON_VERSION "2.3b.21-d67c5-dirty"
+#define YYBISON_VERSION "2.4.4-738cd"
 
 /* Skeleton name.  */
 #define YYSKELETON_NAME "yacc.c"
 
 /* Pure parsers.  */
@@ -1992,11 +1992,11 @@
 
   case 18:
 
 /* Line 1455 of yacc.c  */
 #line 257 "parse-gram.y"
-    { language_argmatch ((yyvsp[(2) - (2)].chars), 1, &(yylsp[(1) - (2)])); }
+    { language_argmatch ((yyvsp[(2) - (2)].chars), grammar_prio, &(yylsp[(1) - (2)])); }
     break;
 
   case 19:
 
 /* Line 1455 of yacc.c  */
@@ -2108,11 +2108,11 @@
             }
           strcpy (skeleton_build + dir_length, skeleton_user);
           skeleton_user = uniqstr_new (skeleton_build);
           free (skeleton_build);
         }
-      skeleton_arg (skeleton_user, 1, &(yylsp[(1) - (2)]));
+      skeleton_arg (skeleton_user, grammar_prio, &(yylsp[(1) - (2)]));
     }
     break;
 
   case 31:
 
diff -NrU5 bison/src/parse-gram.h bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.h
--- bison/src/parse-gram.h	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.h	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.3b.21-d67c5-dirty.  */
+/* A Bison parser, made by GNU Bison 2.4.4-738cd.  */
 
 /* Skeleton interface for Bison's Yacc-like parsers in C
    
       Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff -NrU5 bison/src/parse-gram.y bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.y
--- bison/src/parse-gram.y	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/parse-gram.y	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@
       code_props_translate_code (&action);
       gram_scanner_last_string_free ();
       muscle_code_grow ("initial_action", action.code, @2);
       code_scanner_last_string_free ();
     }
-| "%language" STRING		{ language_argmatch ($2, 1, &@1); }
+| "%language" STRING		{ language_argmatch ($2, grammar_prio, &@1); }
 | "%lex-param" "{...}"		{ add_param ("lex_param", $2, @2); }
 | "%locations"                  { locations_flag = true; }
 | "%name-prefix" STRING         { spec_name_prefix = $2; }
 | "%name-prefix" "=" STRING     { spec_name_prefix = $3; } /* deprecated */
 | "%no-lines"                   { no_lines_flag = true; }
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@
             }
           strcpy (skeleton_build + dir_length, skeleton_user);
           skeleton_user = uniqstr_new (skeleton_build);
           free (skeleton_build);
         }
-      skeleton_arg (skeleton_user, 1, &@1);
+      skeleton_arg (skeleton_user, grammar_prio, &@1);
     }
 | "%token-table"                { token_table_flag = true; }
 | "%verbose"                    { report_flag |= report_states; }
 | "%yacc"                       { yacc_flag = true; }
 | /*FIXME: Err?  What is this horror doing here? */ ";"
diff -NrU5 bison/src/scan-code.l bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/scan-code.l
--- bison/src/scan-code.l	2008-11-02 22:55:49.000000000 +0100
+++ bison-2.4.1_pre20081111/src/scan-code.l	2008-11-07 22:48:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* Bison Action Scanner                             -*- C -*-
 
-   Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -168,27 +168,30 @@
     obstack_sgrow (&obstack_for_string, "@@");
   }
 
   "{"  STRING_GROW; ++braces_level;
   "}"  {
-    bool outer_brace = --braces_level < 0;
+    bool outer_brace = --braces_level == 0;
 
     /* As an undocumented Bison extension, append `;' before the last
        brace in braced code, so that the user code can omit trailing
        `;'.  But do not append `;' if emulating Yacc, since Yacc does
-       not append one.
+       not append one.  Also, some output languages (like Java) do not
+       accept an extra semicolon, so don't append if the user specified
+       a skeleton or language.
 
        FIXME: Bison should warn if a semicolon seems to be necessary
        here, and should omit the semicolon if it seems unnecessary
        (e.g., after ';', '{', or '}', each followed by comments or
        white space).  Such a warning shouldn't depend on --yacc; it
        should depend on a new --pedantic option, which would cause
        Bison to warn if it detects an extension to POSIX.  --pedantic
        should also diagnose other Bison extensions like %yacc.
        Perhaps there should also be a GCC-style --pedantic-errors
        option, so that such warnings are diagnosed as errors.  */
-    if (outer_brace && ! yacc_flag)
+    if (outer_brace && !yacc_flag && language_prio == default_prio
+        && skeleton_prio == default_prio)
       obstack_1grow (&obstack_for_string, ';');
 
     STRING_GROW;
   }
 }