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@@ -3,10 +3,27 @@ changes between releases of flex. See the file COPYING for copying conditions. -* version 2.6.3 +* version 2.6.3 released 2016-12-30 + +** scanner + +*** 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. ** build +*** A new configure option --disable-bootstrap changes the behavior of + the build system when building flex. The default + "--enable-bootstrap" behavior is to build flex, then to use that + flex to build flex again. With --disable-bootstrap, the scanner is + simply built by sedding the scanner source. This is friendlier to + cross compilation. + *** The compatibility functions in lib/ are no longer built as a library. Instead, they are built as $(LIBOBJ) objects. This is simpler and friendlier to cross compilation. @@ -23,6 +40,10 @@ See the file COPYING for copying conditions. files change or when the binary doesn't exist. In particular, this is friendlier to cross compilation. Resolves #108 +** test + +*** the shell scripts in the test suite are more portable across different shell implementations. + * version 2.6.2 released 2016-10-24 ** flex internals |