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Remove obsolete reference to winflex download
- cff8436f19e1 14.0 landed
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Winflex binary on FTP site doesn't work on 64-bit Windows, update docs.
- a266f7dd93bc 9.3.0 cited
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Winflex docs and distro
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> — 2021-05-17T08:17:56Z
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. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/
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Re: Winflex docs and distro
Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> — 2021-05-17T09:11:16Z
> 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? -- Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/
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Re: Winflex docs and distro
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> — 2021-05-17T09:51:05Z
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. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/
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Re: Winflex docs and distro
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> — 2021-05-17T12:55:19Z
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 -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
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Re: Winflex docs and distro
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> — 2021-05-17T19:56:23Z
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? -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/