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Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

by Tom Lane-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@...> writes:
> Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> Tom Lane <tgl@...> wrote:
>>> Since 2.5.33 is now over three years old, this does not seem like an
>>> onerous requirement, but I thought I'd better ask if anyone has an
>>> objection?
>>
>> You'd be causing problems for SuSE Enterprise users, like us:

> Keep in mind that if you build from a tarball, the lexer has already
> been run elsewhere and you don't need flex.

Right, this will only affect people doing development or otherwise
building from a CVS pull.

                        regards, tom lane

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