Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:49:55 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old version of bison Message-ID: <20050104204955.GA13991@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050104122732.19cf503c.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <20050104122732.19cf503c.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> Ports cvsup'ed yesterday,
>
> $ cat /usr/ports/devel/bison/Makefile
> {snip}
> PORTNAME= bison
> PORTVERSION= 1.75
> PORTREVISION= 2
> {snip}
>
> Is there any particular reason why ports are sticking with this version when
> 1.875 was released 2 years ago almost to the day?
Yes, the bison developers apparently don't understand why a
widely-used build tool should need to remain backwards-compatible with
itself (see also: autoconf, automake developers).
Kris
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