Re: Autoconf test for incompatible version of flex

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Autoconf test for incompatible version of flex
Date: 2003-07-06 01:29:45
Message-ID: 6868.1057454985@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> 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? Calling it a minor version bump has to violate a
truth-in-advertising law or two.

regards, tom lane

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