[Bug 21288] New: cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Summary: cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.36
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hi All,

Would you please back off on the revision required for "flex", so that we can
compile wine-1.1.36.tar.bz2 under CentOS 5.4?

Many thanks,
-T

./wineinstall
Wine Installer v1.0
...
checking whether flex is recent enough... no
configure: error: Your flex version is too old. Please install flex version
2.5.33 or newer.

# yum install flex
...
Package flex-2.5.4a-41.fc6.i386 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2010-01-08 16:30:19 ---
That version of flex is over a decade old (1999). CentOS should really be
providing a more up to date package (2.5.33 was released in 2006).

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

--- Comment #2 from Todd Chester   2010-01-08 16:42:24 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> That version of flex is over a decade old (1999). CentOS should really be
> providing a more up to date package (2.5.33 was released in 2006).

Hi Austin,

I have no prayer of getting CentOS upstream (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) to
upgrade this package.  That is just the way it is.  I have a much, much higher
chance of getting you guys to modify your requirements.  Is it possible for you
to support CentOS's version?  If not, I am frozen at 1.1.35 and can not test
any updates.  That really stinks.

Many thanks,
-T

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen   2010-01-08 19:37:35 ---
It was modified for a reason. Submit requests to RH.

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Vitaliy Margolen   2010-01-08 19:37:42 ---
Closing

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

--- Comment #5 from Todd Chester   2010-01-08 20:08:05 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> It was modified for a reason. Submit requests to RH.

Hi Vitaliy,

If you could give me a quick synopsis, it would help me with my bug report to
RH.  They especially respond to security bugs, if there is a security bug in
flex you could point out.

Many thanks,
-T

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Austin English  changed:

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         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |

--- Comment #6 from Austin English   2010-01-08 20:18:36 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > That version of flex is over a decade old (1999). CentOS should really be
> > providing a more up to date package (2.5.33 was released in 2006).
>
> Hi Austin,
>
> I have no prayer of getting CentOS upstream (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) to
> upgrade this package.  That is just the way it is.  I have a much, much higher
> chance of getting you guys to modify your requirements.  Is it possible for you
> to support CentOS's version?  If not, I am frozen at 1.1.35 and can not test
> any updates.  That really stinks.

Not my decision, but I'd say it's unlikely. You could always compile it
yourself...

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2010-01-08 20:19:15 ---
Didn't mean to reopen..

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #8 from Austin English   2010-01-08 20:19:44 ---
Closing.

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

--- Comment #9 from Todd Chester   2010-01-10 17:09:37 ---
Came up with a workaround. Fedora Core 7's flex RPM installs in CentOS 5.4
without problem. Got mine from:

ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/updates/7/i386/flex-2.5.33-9.fc7.i386.rpm

Filed a request at Red Hat for flex 2.5.33
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554210

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

--- Comment #10 from Vitaliy Margolen   2010-01-11 08:35:39 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
For one old version(s) are not reentrant which adds lots of unnecessary
complexity to the code:
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2009-December/080855.html

[Bug 21288] cannot compile due to flex set too high for CentOS 5.4

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21288

Andrew Nguyen  changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Andrew Nguyen   2010-01-16 18:12:12 ---
*** Bug 21396 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***