Are there any flex experts who can take a look at this problem? On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 17:41, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: > The changelog for postgresql 7.3.2r1-3 says: > [...] > * Patch to allow configure to accept flex >= 2.5.30 (it was falling foul of > the test for buggy 2.5.3). > [...] > > Does this mean that it's fixed and the build deps can be changed?
All that patch does is to stop configure thinking that flex 2.5.31 is 2.5.3 > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql/postgresql_7.3.2r1-3.diff.gz > says: > [...] > Build-Depends: libncurses5-dev (>= 5.0), tcl8.4-dev, bison, python-dev, > perl (>= 5.8), libperl-dev, tk8.4-dev, sharutils, flex (<= 2.5.4a-33), > [...] > So this bug is still open. Has the latest version of flex been tested? I > could test to see if the latest version of flex works to help build the > latest postgresql source package. > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/flex.html says flex 2.5.31-3 has been > accepted into unstable. The lexer code or the flex command options need to be changed to match the new flex. Upstream don't want to get into this yet, since they regard it as premature; flex 2.5.31 does not even build on some of their machines. On the other hand Debian postgresql cannot now progress without fixing this, because the autobuilders will not use any but the latest flex package -- they will not accept my Build-Dependency on 2.5.4a. Changes are needed to the 3 contrib modules that use flex, in order for postgresql to build at all. For a patch to send upstream, we need also to patch the lexer code which is preprocessed by automake in the main package before the upstream tarball is made. Ideally such a patch would allow either version of flex to be used. These are the lexer files: contrib/cube/cubescan.l contrib/seg/segscan.l contrib/tsearch/parser.l src/backend/bootstrap/bootscanner.l src/backend/parser/scan.l src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.l src/pl/plpgsql/src/scan.l I can't find any document that details exactly what changes have been made between 2.5.4a and 2.5.31. Furthermore, I have no experience of writing lexer code and no time at present to spend on this, so all help will be very welcome. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." Ephesians 3:20,21
