Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:51 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st> Cc: FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] flex/lex updated to 2.5.37 (from flex.sourceforge.net) Message-ID: <519BE1AF.2000009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <519BD978.9060304@marino.st> References: <519BD320.9030306@FreeBSD.org> <519BD978.9060304@marino.st>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-05-21 16:30:48 -0400, John Marino wrote: > On 5/21/2013 22:03, Jung-uk Kim wrote: >> 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. Can you please explain the most common incompatibilities you experienced from dports? FYI, I have added these two shims for FreeBSD: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/250877 http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/250878 With these two shims, I was able to build older FreeBSD source trees just fine. Without them, I needed patches like this: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/250227 Thanks! Jung-uk Kim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRm+GvAAoJECXpabHZMqHO4aYH/jG1EKLeYMYHWjsESOPibyrX ahmIX/uwlKAXHXvhsgRr7kMZqJ0FtjPaK7X1/w4QgFpSwRD6SCBrY2sNAjOvQEoy p+UIIbDd306tagAW3BYoRy+L4ZQXPl39fsZCLo0LGCA4FLCAFT0ss7DBXV55ZqqY kGyXghnXIlr+XGA2YV5ZJJP9mOjvBCHMM6mvNtPSkpnAv0GuL2SbtmJeEtNAuqKk VQWO6BR/C6BhSxLo3tVPSEkOd0CF5ePD5zDPfPLNRlviR41OOzuS4o+w1hr3lzHu 4HJM4UoujlwBAl9017aUwEy7GNhvmzu9T7Q1OrRaTboZRmpMJ+ItCg1QgvBm+zE= =KvCt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?519BE1AF.2000009>