Re: [PATCHES] Autoconf test for incompatible version of flex

2003-07-05 Thread Tom Lane
Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This patch adds an autoconf test to check for the new incompatible version of > flex. It seems unlikely that we should cause configure to reject all future versions of flex... .31 may be broken but I think we should assume that they'l fix it.

Re: [PATCHES] Autoconf test for incompatible version of flex

2003-07-05 Thread Greg Stark
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This patch adds an autoconf test to check for the new incompatible version of > > flex. > > It seems unlikely that we should cause configure to reject all future > versions of flex... .31 may be broken but I think

Re: [PATCHES] Autoconf test for incompatible version of flex

2003-07-05 Thread Tom Lane
Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I inquired about this problem elsewhere, it's not a bug, it's an API change. > Until postgres "ports" to the new API it won't work with newer versions of > Flex. If their intent was to break things, why wasn't this called flex 3.0? Or at least 2.6? Callin