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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-03-07 22:38:35 -0500
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-07-12 18:25:11 -0400
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gnu: grub: Fix build failure with recent flex.
* gnu/packages/flex.scm (flex-2.6.1): New variable. * gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm (grub)[native-inputs]: Use flex-2.6.1.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
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@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@
(native-inputs
`(("unifont" ,unifont)
("bison" ,bison)
- ("flex" ,flex)
+ ;; Due to a bug in flex >= 2.6.2, GRUB must be built with an older flex:
+ ;; <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2017-02/msg00133.html>
+ ;; TODO Try building with flex > 2.6.4.
+ ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1)
("texinfo" ,texinfo)
("help2man" ,help2man)