From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 23:47:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7886D1065843; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334CE8FC16; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:47:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id n0DNXrfP000935; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:33:53 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id n0DNXrpl000933; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:33:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:33:53 -0500 From: Thomas Dickey To: Stanislav Sedov Message-ID: <20090113233353.GA24233@saltmine.radix.net> References: <20090112200128.GA85280@freebsd.org> <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Cc: Roman Divacky , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC]: flex/lex update X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:47:01 -0000 --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:06:23AM +0300, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:01:28 +0100 > Roman Divacky mentioned: >=20 > > hi > >=20 > > 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/) > >=20 > > 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 el= sewhere. > >=20 > > what is our position? is it preferable for me to work on updating it or > > just fixing the one bug I ran into? >=20 > 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 =20 > 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 locall= y. You've probably best off leaving the base flex as-is (ports are always a different matter). --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----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----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--