From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 31 05:21:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8D01106566B; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:21:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46328FC0A; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 33D118C080; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:21:06 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:21:06 -0600 From: Mark Linimon To: Austin English Message-ID: <20100131052106.GA25150@lonesome.com> References: <201001300048.o0U0mkwD096197@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, linimon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/143351: [request] update flex(1) to at least 2.5.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:21:06 -0000 On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 07:47:39PM -0600, Austin English wrote: > In other words, testing 'make world' (or should it be 'make > universe'?) with the new flex to make sure nothing breaks? Well, it needs to do more than pass make(1), it needs to generate working code. there's a reason we don't update toolchain code all the time; it requires a lot of work to make sure that everything still works right and that there are no regressions. mcl