On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:50:34PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > 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). https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160658 Unfortunately, there are no details there, but Petr mentions[0] maybe creating a new flex package for extras on another bug. luke [0]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190673#c1 -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list