flex 2.6.4-1 source package in Ubuntu
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flex (2.6.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream version. Notable changes
+ a segfalt involving yyrestart(NULL) has been fixed
+ flex should now handle quoting when mixed with m4 processing correctly
+ flex handles `[[' and `]]' correctly
+ flex no longer generates non-ANSI code
+ more compilation warnings were squashed in generated scanners
+ prevented a buffer overflow that could occur when input buffers were
the exact wrong size
+ several bug fixes resolved problems introduced in recent flex
versions regarding processing of comments, literals and various
quoting scenarios.
+ If the path to m4 was sufficiently long, a buffer overflow could
occur. This has been resolved. The fix also removes dependence on
the constant PATH_MAX.
+ Some minor performance enhancements.
+ We honor user defined yy_* macros again. We are also more careful
to not leak macro definitions into header files.
+ A number of portability fixes were introduced so building flex is
more reliable on more platforms. Additionally, outdated function
calls were removed.
+ When building the flex executable itself, %# comments from
flex.skl are removed when generating the C source code array. This
reduces the size of flex.
+ Flex can be cross compiled.
* Bug fix: "comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions",
thanks to Frank Heckenbach. This should be fixed now. (Closes: #835542).
* Bug fix: "Please update homepage in package description", thanks to
Tim Ruehsen (Closes: #851675).
* Bug fix: "Should Suggest: flex-doc", thanks to Yuri D'Elia
(Closes: #856956).
* Stole some commits from 2.6.5 to fix FTBS issues in 2.6.4 release.
-- Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:19:29 -0800
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Flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical
patterns in text. It reads the given input files for a description of a
scanner to generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular
expressions and C code, called rules. Flex generates as output a C source
file, lex.yy.c, which defines a routine yylex(). This file is compiled
and linked with the -lfl library to produce an executable. When the
executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular
expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code.
- flex-dbgsym: debug symbols for flex
- flex-doc: Documentation for flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator)
Flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical
patterns in text. It reads the given input files for a description of a
scanner to generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular
expressions and C code, called rules. Flex generates as output a C source
file, lex.yy.c, which defines a routine yylex(). This file is compiled
and linked with the -lfl library to produce an executable. When the
executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular
expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code.
.
This package contains the HTML documentation for flex.
- libfl-dev: static library for flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator)
Flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical
patterns in text. It reads the given input files for a description of a
scanner to generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular
expressions and C code, called rules. Flex generates as output a C source
file, lex.yy.c, which defines a routine yylex(). This file is compiled
and linked with the -lfl library to produce an executable. When the
executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular
expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code.
.
This package contains the static library for flex.
