Re: Source compilation problems

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Carter Brey <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm trying to upgrade from a binary rpm version of 1.5.58 to compiling
> 1.5.63 from source. I run gcc-3.0.4 and ran the patch script to deal
> with Flex incompatibility as advised in the INSTALL file . The compile
> throws in the towel with this message after a good while, and I'm
> wondering if this means I'm still getting bad code from Flex:

Yes, probably.  Maybe the patch failed, maybe lexer.cc got regenerated
by flex after the patch.  Note that the patch must be applied *after*
lex runs, and gets wiped out by a new flex run.

> Any suggestions would be most gratefully accepted.

Just look at the patch, edit the file lexer.cc by hand (it's real
simple), and try again.

Good luck,
Jan

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