From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 2 05:57:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEC3B1065672; Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f175.google.com (mail-pz0-f175.google.com [209.85.222.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF948FC0A; Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk5 with SMTP id 5so6146853pzk.29 for ; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:57:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vj5cZ2SYd6GuqlDTMh+xzVgcJz4z7iJYyujYseVuD3U=; b=wgVxmXuj6oM709oiz4SIuw0R7So3+hNapgtj0rkf2pkWbdJg9lDGLSijgFRubdbdg9 0+UTPELUUxmpDqNBia87ainYlVLFgtMqvCU8pF0rvEZ2tqg6lYxVOXxmYznJnxgaojiD QsOXwzxAShRJFMZ+yt5VGXRxsh361ILsycieo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uSGav4Q1Ry0uc81BE9NEPag2VLkjCCt7KqW53hd2sKW8midljZt3JDHK9CqSyHWUlE aQud1nEnrGkLot+arbZ+CUzgQb6/AmmG8BRlbEBPIkAP/m5bP/ChCujftWgYpnNEHp+e pc9K1Qu3R1J5h7wCc3o1BqgTyh3pMFduqpG3E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.152.14 with SMTP id z14mr3747637wfd.252.1265090241307; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:57:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201001300048.o0U0mkwD096197@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:57:21 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1002012157i74be831bi501d76ad6d73da2a@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Austin English Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, linimon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/143351: [request] update flex(1) to at least 2.5.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:57:22 -0000 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Austin English wr= ote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:48 PM, =A0 wrote: >> Old Synopsis: update flex to at least 2.5.33 >> New Synopsis: [request] update flex(1) to at least 2.5.33 >> >> State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended >> State-Changed-By: linimon >> State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 30 00:45:41 UTC 2010 >> State-Changed-Why: >> Mark suspended awaiting someone to take up the (hard) task of deciding >> if this will create regressions. =A0See: >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-January/002233.h= tml >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D143351 > > Indeed, it does. I did a build world to make sure it worked (using the > freebsd9 snapshot), then installed flex 2.5.35 and rebuilt. > /usr/src/cddl failed to build, and possible others (ran make -k, but > haven't checked the log yet). Should I file bugs for each program that > doesn't build in newer flex? or sit back and wait for someone to fix > flex for BSD and then include it? File bugs for any and all issues you find, point them back to this PR, and as long as everything points in the right direction and is done in proper order, everything should work just fine (TM). The version bump definitely deserves a heads up though in the current@ and stable@ community though so people can fix prepare to fix their potentially buggy / backwards incompatible yacc code, or bite the bullet and multislot version their tools [via ports]. Cheers! -Garrett