[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 20253] A correct Webkit build requires flex 2.5.33 but autotools build doesn't check for it

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20253





------- Comment #5 from zuh at iki.fi  2008-08-02 00:11 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> Why can't the "PKG_CHECK_MODULES" macro be used as is done elsewhere in
> configure.ac?

That macro requires the checked software to install a .pc file for pkg-config
to find, and that practice is not too widespread outside the
GNOME/freedesktop.org circles... Which is a bit unfortunate since it would make
life so much simpler.

About the complicated approach, well yes, I suppose I went a bit overboard to
provide easy update should the requirement ever change :) It's not like flex
would have had even minor version bump in the last decade...

I'll redo the test so that it only looks at the micro version directly, like
the PostgreSQL does. And create a proper patch this time.


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