Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:21:06 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Austin English <austinenglish@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, linimon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/143351: [request] update flex(1) to at least 2.5.33 Message-ID: <20100131052106.GA25150@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <b6bb06271001301747pe1a2e61l1b108fdf66f4babb@mail.gmail.com> References: <201001300048.o0U0mkwD096197@freefall.freebsd.org> <b6bb06271001301747pe1a2e61l1b108fdf66f4babb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 07:47:39PM -0600, Austin English wrote: > In other words, testing 'make world' (or should it be 'make > universe'?) with the new flex to make sure nothing breaks? Well, it needs to do more than pass make(1), it needs to generate working code. there's a reason we don't update toolchain code all the time; it requires a lot of work to make sure that everything still works right and that there are no regressions. mcl
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