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On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> Ports cvsup'ed yesterday,
>=20
> $ cat /usr/ports/devel/bison/Makefile
> {snip}
> PORTNAME=3D       bison
> PORTVERSION=3D    1.75
> PORTREVISION=3D   2
> {snip}
>=20
> Is there any particular reason why ports are sticking with this version w=
hen
> 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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