3:36 p.m.
Hi, I am trying to build a package for EPEL 5 but failing because it
needs a newer flex than it's available on base system.
Unfortunately, it seems RH will not update the package[1] because it's
not 100% compatible with the current one, which is also probably the
reason why in Fedora we have both flex (at 2.5.35) and compat-flex (at
2.5.4a).
How do you feel about adding the newer flex package in epel?
Cheers
G.
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554210
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4:46 p.m.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 14:36, Gianluca Sforna <giallu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am trying to build a package for EPEL 5 but failing because it
needs a newer flex than it's available on base system.
Unfortunately, it seems RH will not update the package[1] because it's
not 100% compatible with the current one, which is also probably the
reason why in Fedora we have both flex (at 2.5.35) and compat-flex (at
2.5.4a).
How do you feel about adding the newer flex package in epel?
It would require someone to package it up as non-conflicting and
non-replacing. If that can be done then I don't think it would cause a
problem.
Cheers
G.
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554210
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4:02 a.m.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It would require someone to package it up as non-conflicting and
non-replacing. If that can be done then I don't think it would cause a
problem.
I just checked and the two packages in Fedora repos work exactly this
way; we just need to use the compat-flex spec as a template for
building the flex 2.5.35 package. I wonder how about naming this new
package: flex2, flex35, flex2535 or?
If we agree on the naming I can wrap it up and submit for review. I
guess contacting the current flex maintainers is also a good idea.
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4:55 p.m.
On Mon, 16 May 2011 22:36:13 +0200
Gianluca Sforna <giallu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am trying to build a package for EPEL 5 but failing because it
needs a newer flex than it's available on base system.
Unfortunately, it seems RH will not update the package[1] because it's
not 100% compatible with the current one, which is also probably the
reason why in Fedora we have both flex (at 2.5.35) and compat-flex (at
2.5.4a).
How do you feel about adding the newer flex package in epel?
Sure, as long as it's parallel installable with the rhel version and
doesn't conflict in any way. ;)
kevin
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