[FOUND] Re: pkgsrc-2024Q3: emulators/wine flex error

[tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost]

The problem described below comes from pkgsrc picking the system flex
that is unable to interpret the regex idiom, while pkgsrc
flex-2.6.4 compiles the scanner without ado.

How to force the use of some version of the tools?

On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 11:38:42PM +0100, tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost wrote:
> Flex throws an error:
> 
> emulators/wine/work/wine-5.0.5/dlls/msxml3/xslpattern.l:150: negative
> range in character class
> 
> The line number is not correct. The problem is line 149, because Flex
> is apparently using signed char and such ranges:
> 
> 
> NCNameStartChar ([A-Za-z_]|[\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xf6\xf8-\xff])
> 
> NameCharEx      ([0-9]|[-._\xb7])
> 
> NCNameChar      ({NCNameStartChar}|{NameCharEx})
> 
> 
> where hexa \xb7 and "more" are turned into negative char values.
> 
> I'm on:
> 
> NetBSD cauchy.polynum.local 10.99.12 NetBSD 10.99.12 (CAUCHY) #2: Thu Sep 26 16:02:35 CEST 2024  tlaronde@cauchy.polynum.local:/data/m/netbsd-10.99/sys/arch/amd64/compile/CAUCHY amd64
> 
> Where does the problem lie? The regex lib? How to force the use of
> unsigned chars in character comparisons?
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