Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:49:55 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old version of bison Message-ID: <20050104204955.GA13991@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050104122732.19cf503c.gstewart@bonivet.net> References: <20050104122732.19cf503c.gstewart@bonivet.net>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Godwin Stewart wrote: > Ports cvsup'ed yesterday, >=20 > $ cat /usr/ports/devel/bison/Makefile > {snip} > PORTNAME=3D bison > PORTVERSION=3D 1.75 > PORTREVISION=3D 2 > {snip} >=20 > Is there any particular reason why ports are sticking with this version w= hen > 1.875 was released 2 years ago almost to the day? Yes, the bison developers apparently don't understand why a widely-used build tool should need to remain backwards-compatible with itself (see also: autoconf, automake developers). Kris --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB2wFzWry0BWjoQKURAr5VAKDkt/Ord4FOC4NTZ7qUgVlalTt3jQCePlRP ZUBVfCGStXWvymIVt9AkgS0= =g8nQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--
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