What is flex/bison ?
""Marc G. Fournier"" <scrappy@postgresql.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> > Because MinGW/Msys doesn't come with flex/bison by default, I have added
> > those derived files to the WIN32_DEV branch in CVS. It makes it easier
> > for people to install _just_ MinGW and compile PostgreSQL on Win32. The
> > branch will live for only 1-2 months until we start 7.5 development.
> > Those files will not be moved into the main branch.
> >
> > Should those files be in WIN32_DEV CVS, or should they be removed, and
> > require people to install bison/flex on MinGW. Even though they will
> > be updated infrequently, there is concern about CVS file bloat.
>
> I think a more appropriate question is how many ppl are working on
> WIN32_DEV *from* CVS that don't have flex/bison available ... if nobody,
> having those files in CVS is *really* useless and the whole argument is
> moot ...
>
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