Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.)
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Msg-id 1334.933612954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.)  ("J. Michael Roberts" <mirobert@cs.indiana.edu>)
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"J. Michael Roberts" <mirobert@cs.indiana.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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