| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Flex vs Lex |
| Date: | 2000-08-20 16:29:35 |
| Message-ID: | 200008201629.MAA25124@candle.pha.pa.us |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > Barring protests, I will instruct configure and the makefiles to only look
> > for and use Flex rather than any old Lex, since the latter won't work
> > anyway. If at a later date someone has a burning desire to make things
> > work with FooNix Lex it should be a relatively simple change back -- in
> > any case simpler than making that other lex work in the first place.
>
> okay, just checked FreeBSD, and /usr/bin/lex == /usr/bin/flex, so we're
> safe here, but what about the other OSs? Any chance one of them has flex
> installed as just lex?
BSDI. Don't make the change.
#$ flex
bash: flex: command not found
#$ lex
--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Tom Lane | 2000-08-20 17:25:29 | Re: Optimisation deficiency: currval('seq')-->seq scan, constant-->index scan |
| Previous Message | Thomas Lockhart | 2000-08-20 14:47:19 | Re: mac.c |