On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 19:36:38 +0100, Leon Stringer <leon.stringer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a good reason why flex 2.5.4a is being > shipped with Fedora? This appears to be from 1997. > > The current release, 2.5.33 is from February this year. > > I don't know much about flex but the new version was needed for a > project I was trying to build. > > Anyone any the wiser? I don't remember the exact details, but there were some compatibility problems with more recent versions of flex, so some projects have continued to use the older version. I know this has been discussed on the postgres lists, so you can probably find some more information there (and likely other places). -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list