Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:33:53 -0500 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> Cc: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC]: flex/lex update Message-ID: <20090113233353.GA24233@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090112200128.GA85280@freebsd.org> <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:06:23AM +0300, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:01:28 +0100 > Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> mentioned: > > > hi > > > > I noticed there is an update to lex/flex. The version in our tree > > is ancient and there seems to be some updates (http://flex.sourceforge.net/) > > > > Can someone comment on the state of lex in our tree? It's not considered > > a contributed software (it resides in usr.bin) but it was taken from elsewhere. > > > > what is our position? is it preferable for me to work on updating it or > > just fixing the one bug I ran into? > > Are there any benefits in updating? Does it worth the hassle? We have this > version of flex in ports for those who needs extended features. The newer version will break some existing programs (for instance, the last time I looked, it had broken the %option lines) - which is one of the reasons I chose to work on "old" flex: http://invisible-island.net/reflex/reflex.html > If there're no critical echancements/fixes in the updated flex version I'd > prefer to stay with what we have and just fix the bugs encountered locally. You've probably best off leaving the base flex as-is (ports are always a different matter). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFJbSTftIqByHxlDocRAm7NAJ4hP/hgflpbTbwi8uIFu6F/KgloaQCaA49z FOADU0I8xm0LC4ZaSyWCFpY= =04ab -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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