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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/embedded.scm | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/flex.scm | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/maths.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/wine.scm | 3 |
5 files changed, 6 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm index 98afc6a7c1..572186bea7 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm @@ -114,10 +114,7 @@ (native-inputs `(("unifont" ,unifont) ("bison" ,bison) - ;; 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 > 2.6.3. - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1) + ("flex" ,flex) ("texinfo" ,texinfo) ("help2man" ,help2man) @@ -240,7 +237,7 @@ menu to select one of the installed operating systems.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (native-inputs `(("bison" ,bison) - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1))) ; A bug in flex prevents building with flex-2.6.3. + ("flex" ,flex))) (arguments `(#:make-flags (list "CC=gcc" diff --git a/gnu/packages/embedded.scm b/gnu/packages/embedded.scm index 36f872cdf2..fbbafc6a3b 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/embedded.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/embedded.scm @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ with a layered architecture of JTAG interface and TAP support.") ,@(package-arguments xbinutils))) (native-inputs `(("bison" ,bison) - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1) ; needed because of yywrap error + ("flex" ,flex) ("texinfo" ,texinfo) ("dejagnu" ,dejagnu) ,@(package-native-inputs xbinutils)))))) @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ simulator.") (base32 "14b3h2ji740s8zq5vwm4qdcxs4aa4wxi6wb9di3bv1h39x14nyr9")))) ("texinfo" ,texinfo) - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1) ; A bug in flex prevents building with flex-2.6.3. + ("flex" ,flex) ("bison" ,bison) ("guile-1.8" ,guile-1.8) ("which" ,base:which))) diff --git a/gnu/packages/flex.scm b/gnu/packages/flex.scm index ab0d8c583d..b68b01e949 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/flex.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/flex.scm @@ -85,20 +85,3 @@ regular expressions for each rule. Whenever it finds a match, it executes the corresponding C code.") (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING" "See COPYING in the distribution.")))) - -;;; Many packages fail to build with flex > 2.6.1, due to this bug in flex: -;;; <https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/162> -;;; We must not use a flex before 2.6.1, due to CVE-2016-6354. -;;; TODO Try using flex > 2.6.3. -(define-public flex-2.6.1 - (package - (inherit flex) - (version "2.6.1") - (source (origin - (method url-fetch) - (uri (string-append "https://github.com/westes/flex" - "/releases/download/v" version "/" - "flex-" version ".tar.xz")) - (sha256 - (base32 - "0gqhk4vkwy4gl9xbpgkljph8c0a5kpijz6wd0p5r9q202qn42yic")))))) diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm index cefc53d67d..a4505c7b6f 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm @@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ implemented in ANSI C, and MPI for communications.") (build-system gnu-build-system) (inputs `(("zlib" ,zlib) - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1) ; A bug in flex prevents building with flex-2.6.3. + ("flex" ,flex) ("bison" ,bison))) (arguments `(#:phases diff --git a/gnu/packages/wine.scm b/gnu/packages/wine.scm index 9c82e01d67..a74cbcf2b4 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/wine.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/wine.scm @@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ (build-system gnu-build-system) (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config) ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal) - ; A bug in flex prevents building with flex-2.6.3. - ("flex" ,flex-2.6.1) + ("flex" ,flex) ("bison" ,bison) ("perl" ,perl))) (inputs |