| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: flex (was Re: [HACKERS] Installation procedure.) |
| Date: | 1999-08-02 15:07:05 |
| Message-ID: | 199908021507.LAA02061@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> "J. Michael Roberts" <mirobert(at)cs(dot)indiana(dot)edu> writes:
> > - I needed to install flex (no surprise) -- the instructions are quite
> > explicit, but, well, wrong: flex depends on bison. So you have to get
> > and compile bison first.
>
> BTW, does anyone understand *why* our lexer files require flex and not
> just garden-variety lex? Would it be worth trying to make them more
> portable?
Can we do that? Is flex actually required too?
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