Re: New flex

Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> Debian has just upgraded flex to 2.5.31.

2.5.31 is not ready for prime time --- it does not even compile on
HPUX, Solaris, nor probably many other Unixen; and it seems to break
compatibility with the POSIX lex spec.  See
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=32691

> Is anyone looking at changing the lexer sources to work with the new
> flex?

If I could compile it, I might think about investigating such issues...
in the meantime I suggest backing off to a less bleeding-edge flex.
        regards, tom lane