Bug#541177: closed by Manoj Srivastava sriva...@acm.org (Re: Bug#541177: flex stuck in infinite loop on some input patterns)

2009-08-13 Thread Philip Ashmore
I reported this upstream to the flex project at SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=2836721group_id=97492atid=618177 Please re-open this bug. Philip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#541177: flex stuck in infinite loop on some input patterns

2009-08-13 Thread Philip Ashmore
My bad. It turns out it was the parser - did I mention I was also a bison newbie? Thanks for your help anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#541177: flex stuck in infinite loop on some input patterns

2009-08-12 Thread Philip Ashmore
Package: flex Version: 2.5.35-6 Severity: important Hi there. I'm the first to admit that I'm a flex newbie, but I think I found a problem that affects all users of this program. Basically, flex can generate code that will get stuck in an infinite loop on some input patterns. It should reject