Thread: configure doesn't complain and halt when flex in not available

Hi,
I was compiling PosgreSQL on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper. It was really easy to
build  the system for newbie like me.

The little problem i found was In the Make it complain that 'flex' is
not available. I thought it should be  complained from configure.

Thanks,
Dimuthu

"Dimuthu Gamage" <dimuthuc@gmail.com> writes:
> I was compiling PosgreSQL on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper. It was really easy to
> build  the system for newbie like me.
> The little problem i found was In the Make it complain that 'flex' is
> not available. I thought it should be  complained from configure.

That's intentional --- you normally don't need flex to build from a
Postgres distribution tarball.

            regards, tom lane