Winflex docs and distro
Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:
+ The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
+ and referenced in older documentation will fail with "flex: fatal
+ internal error, exec failed" on 64-bit Windows hosts. Use flex from
+ msys instead.At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
download site, and just remove this note from the documentation. (This
is just a note, the general documentation still says get flex from
msys, separately).
Surely a binary that doesn't work on a 64-bit system is not of help to
anybody these days.. And "older documentation" now refers to 9.2 which
was EOL in 2017.
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On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:
+ The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d.
At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
download site, and just remove this note from the documentation.
Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it was
accessed by anyone last?
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On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:
+ The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d.
It's been touched a couple of times, but not in any material fashion.
At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
download site, and just remove this note from the documentation.Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it was
accessed by anyone last?
Not really. We don't keep logs going very far back. I can see it being
accessed a handful of time in the past 14 days. But AFAICT from the
limited information we have it's all bots.
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On 5/17/21 5:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:+ The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d.
It's been touched a couple of times, but not in any material fashion.
At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
download site, and just remove this note from the documentation.Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it was
accessed by anyone last?Not really. We don't keep logs going very far back. I can see it being
accessed a handful of time in the past 14 days. But AFAICT from the
limited information we have it's all bots.
+1 for removing the binary and the reference.
These days my setup for MSVC doesn't use msys: it's basically this PS1
fragment (which assumes chocolatey is installed):
$utils = 'StrawberryPerl', 'git', 'winflexbison', 'diffutils', 'vim'
choco install -y --no-progress --limit-output @utils
$cbin = "c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin"
Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_bison.exe -NewName bison.exe
Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_flex.exe -NewName flex.exe
cheers
andrew
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On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 2:55 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 5/17/21 5:51 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:11 AM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
On 17 May 2021, at 10:17, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
Since PostgreSQL 9.3, in commit a266f7dd93b, we've added the text:+ The obsolete "winflex" binaries distributed on the PostgreSQL FTP site
Which was slightly updated in 0a9ae44288d.
It's been touched a couple of times, but not in any material fashion.
At this point. I suggest we simply stop distributing winflex on our
download site, and just remove this note from the documentation.Sounds reasonable, are there (easily retrieved) logs/tracking for when it was
accessed by anyone last?Not really. We don't keep logs going very far back. I can see it being
accessed a handful of time in the past 14 days. But AFAICT from the
limited information we have it's all bots.+1 for removing the binary and the reference.
I think we've collected enough +1's, so I'll go ahead and do it.
These days my setup for MSVC doesn't use msys: it's basically this PS1
fragment (which assumes chocolatey is installed):$utils = 'StrawberryPerl', 'git', 'winflexbison', 'diffutils', 'vim'
choco install -y --no-progress --limit-output @utils
$cbin = "c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin"
Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_bison.exe -NewName bison.exe
Rename-Item -Path $cbin\win_flex.exe -NewName flex.exe
Perhaps it is, as a separate thing, worth including that in the docs
soemwhere? Or maybe as a script int he sourcetree that is referenced
frot he docs?
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