[Asterisk-Users] bison/flex version warning

[Andrew Latham]

upgrade
just ./conifure and make it.......

Centos version is older... Try upgrading.....

On 6/2/05, Mike M <no-linux-support at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> (I seem to be having some trouble getting messages to post on the list so
> I may be duplicating an earlier post. Apologies if this is the case.)
> 
> I am compiling CVS tip Asterisk on a fresh CentOS 3.4 install.  I got
> this warning:
> 
> make ast_expr.a
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/asterisk'
> bison -v -d --name-prefix=ast_yy ast_expr.y -o ast_expr.c
> =================================================================================
> NOTE: Using older version of expression parser. To use the newer
> version,
> NOTE: upgrade to flex 2.5.31 or higher, which can be found at
> NOTE: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=72099
> =================================================================================
> 
> My bison is this: bison (GNU Bison) 1.875c (Which appears to be ancient
> because the s/f link above shows the 2.5.31 flex archive date as
> 2003-03-31).
> 
> What's the risk of ignoring this warning?
> 
> Rhetorical question: why is CentOS using a moldy old flex/bison package?
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> Mike
> 
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