Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:48 +0200 From: John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] flex/lex updated to 2.5.37 (from flex.sourceforge.net) Message-ID: <519BD978.9060304@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <519BD320.9030306@FreeBSD.org> References: <519BD320.9030306@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5/21/2013 22:03, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Please note flex/lex was updated to 2.5.37 from flex.sourceforge.net and > __FreeBSD_version was bumped to 1000033. > > FYI, I added couple of compatibility shims (just enough to build the > previous source trees) but it is not 100% compatible with the old > version. OTOH, this version is far more popular and third-party > sources often require this version. Most importantly, NetBSD, > DragonFly BSD, and Mac OS X already adopted it for the same reason. > > Cheers! > > Jung-uk Kim Hi Jung-uk Kim, I brought flex 2.5.37 into DragonFly and yes, it caused quite a few ports to break. However, in many cases I added patches to dports to restore their building. The first place people should check when trying to fix breakage is dports in case that I already came up with a fix. Regards, John
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