From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 31 20:36:54 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 DEE53106568F; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from austinenglish@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5067A8FC08; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so167227ewy.33 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:36:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=kQrZAr5aqMN1ib0V5yXYW8wYU8l5jDUiM+Lx18rmnqM=; b=CFNAheaSWuzDSnocwniw/O3kfYRDKSn6QJ1ejOIOjdbWfiTG6ZY3iS97E8/sdkWyOf O6cBxc29wbVAEq7kIjESCHyyWPwRrhqoHh2Q8esAgVcJxcx9JqK7qK+i+gL4QrvUK+N9 MHiOoHZU6jypSoHcYGukGIUJUKOyNedIvsUH8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=F5VLOUr5Pa5HvkZpTZ5eIidZaadjCjRV4GQoKmHSUNhwbw7CtGLx/99uyOiKhQj4u6 EVz1O4P/z3xqVOGKFxSRjGkGOB+Wr4uJwsHMVyP1Ktn6kWev9PMq/STPnmbHNohS/8Qc CDT/gsLObvI9S8tHE5WzDUh9SVEVUrXb/7/s8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.204 with SMTP id w54mr1164435wee.54.1264970213096; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:36:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100131052106.GA25150@lonesome.com> References: <201001300048.o0U0mkwD096197@freefall.freebsd.org> <20100131052106.GA25150@lonesome.com> From: Austin English Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:36:33 -0600 Message-ID: To: Mark Linimon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 20:36:54 -0000 On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > 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. Of course. Is there a testsuite that can be run to test, or just try it and see if the system works? I'm aware that this isn't itself enough to get the change committed, but I'd like to do what I can to advance the issue along... -- -Austin