Re: Small bug in postgres' ./configure script and invalid

On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 12:45, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 00:41, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > But remember that flex 2.5.31 breaks the existing lexer code.  In spite
> > of being only a minor release, its code requirements are not completely
> > compatible with 2.5.4a.
>
> >From your reply, I must ask: does 2.5.31 come after 2.5.30, or does
> it tweak 2.5.3?

The former.

I don't know exactly what has been going on, but I think:

  2.5.3   is an old buggy flex
  2.5.4a  has been the standard for a while
  2.5.30  was recently released to the world as the next flex and
  2.5.31  seems to be some fixes and enhancements on that

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