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Source code changes of the file "NEWS" between
flex-2.6.3.tar.gz and flex-2.6.4.tar.gz

About: Flex ("Fast Lexical Analyzer") is a tool for generating scanners/tokenizers.

NEWS  (flex-2.6.3)	:	NEWS  (flex-2.6.4)
This is the file NEWS for the flex package. It records user -visible		flex NEWS
changes between releases of flex.
See the file COPYING for copying conditions.		* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.4 (2017-05-06) [stable]
		** build
		*** The indent target now knows about flex's new (as of 2.6.0)
		layout. The indent rules it would apply are not correct and do
		need to be fixed.
		*** The files included in the flex distribution are now built by the
		version of flex that is included in the distribution.
		*** The configure script has a better idea of which headers are
		required to build flex. It will also error when missing functions
		are detected.
		*** We have lowered the versions of automake and gettext that
		configure.ac lists as required for building flex. In autogen.sh,
		we now check for how to call libtoolize and use what we find in
		the rest of the script.
		*** Since files in lib/ are picked up as needed by src/, we no longer
		generate a Makefile for that directory.
		*** Flex can be cross compiled.
		** documentation
		*** Some typos were removed from the manual.
		** scanner
		*** 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 Additionally, outdated function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.
		** test suite
* version 2.6.3 released 2016-12-30		*** All scripts in the test suite are now run by $(SHELL) and the
		needed portability fixes have been included.
		*** Test suite dependencies are handled much better. This only matters
		if you are actively developing flex or its test suite.
		*** Tests that depend on platform dependent features now properly skip
		when those platforms are not present.
		*** When running "make check", you can now pas V=0 to silence more of
		the build. This is useful when you're less connncerned about the
		details of building and linking the test programs themselves.
		* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.3 (2016-12-30) [stable]
** scanner		** scanner
*** several bug fixes resolved problems introduced in recent flex		*** several bug fixes resolved problems introduced in recent flex
versions regarding processing of comments, literals and various		versions regarding processing of comments, literals and various
quoting scenarios.		quoting scenarios.
*** If the path to m4 was sufficiently long, a buffer overflow could		*** If the path to m4 was sufficiently long, a buffer overflow could
occur. This has been resolved. The fix also removes dependence on		occur. This has been resolved. The fix also removes dependence on
the constant PATH_MAX.		the constant PATH_MAX.
skipping to change at line 684		skipping to change at line 740
** flex no longer generates C-language scanners with C++-style		** flex no longer generates C-language scanners with C++-style
comments		comments
** flex now generates scanners in c++ which are compatible with		** flex now generates scanners in c++ which are compatible with
recent c++ compilers		recent c++ compilers
** flex input scanner now recognizes '\r' as an EOL character		** flex input scanner now recognizes '\r' as an EOL character
See the file ONEWS for changes in earlier releases.		See the file ONEWS for changes in earlier releases.
		See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
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mode: text		mode: text
mode: outline-minor		mode: outline-minor
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