Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "J(dot) Michael Roberts" <mirobert(at)cs(dot)indiana(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.)
Date: 1999-08-02 16:55:54
Message-ID: 1334.933612954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"J. Michael Roberts" <mirobert(at)cs(dot)indiana(dot)edu> writes:
> For the record, if configure doesn't find flex, it assumes lex. The
> problem is if you don't even have lex.

Or if you have lex but it doesn't work on Postgres' .l files, as indeed
is true for the vendor lex on HPUX, and probably some other systems.

> However, the pre-lexed derived files are a good idea.

Yah. This has been discussed before, but no one has got round to it...

regards, tom lane

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