Paul Eggert wrote: > "Peter O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I see no reason why autoconf should not work with flex-2.5.4 though. > > I suppose it depends on what one means by "work". My own suggestion > would be for Autoconf to reject a "lex" implementation that does not > implement yyless correctly, as apparently was the case with flex > 2.5.4. The intent of that section of Autoconf, as far as I can tell > (Akim hasn't weighed in), is to check that an acceptable version of > "lex" is available. > > Any fix in this area would be fairly low priority, I would think. > flex 2.5.4 dates back to when? 1997? And flex 2.5.31 has been out > since 2003. As a general rule, lex and yacc should be invoked only by > installers who have modified the source code; we can expect these guys > to be a bit more up-to-date than usual.
Hmm. Maybe. Note that Mac OS X 10.4 has flex-2.5.4, as does, as far as I know, *BSD (I looked at OpenBSD-4.1 and FreeBSD-6.2). I'm happy enough to wait for Akim to chime in though. Peter -- Peter O'Gorman http://pogma.com
