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Date:      Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:43:24 +0100
From:      Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Csup cvsmode build discussion
Message-ID:  <20080116134324.GG34278@fasolt.home.paeps.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20080116093302.GA13632@carrot.studby.ntnu.no>
References:  <20080116093302.GA13632@carrot.studby.ntnu.no>

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On 2008-01-16 10:33:02 (+0100), Ulf Lilleengen <lulf@stud.ntnu.no> wrote:
> Now, the base system already have flex, but the flex version in base is heavily
> outdated (version 2.5.4 versus 2.5.34 in ports) and does not support reentrancy.
> Is there a reason why it's outdated? What I can think of is that it is either
> unmaintained, or that developers want it to disappear from base.

I think it's just unmaintained in base ...  I wonder what it would take to
update it.  /me takes a look

 - Philip

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