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     To: Tielman Koekemoer <tielman@spi.co.za>
     Subject: Re: Please help.
     In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 08 Jul 1999 13:20:37 PDT.
     Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 08:20:39 PDT
     From: Vern Paxson <vern>
     
     > I was hoping you could help me with my problem.
     >
     > I tried compiling (gnu)flex on a Solaris 2.4 machine
     > but when I ran make (after configure) I got an error.
     >
     > --------------------------------------------------------------
     > gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O parse.c
     > ./flex -t -p  ./scan.l >scan.c
     > sh: ./flex: not found
     > *** Error code 1
     > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `scan.c'
     > -------------------------------------------------------------
     >
     > What's strange to me is that I'm only
     > trying to install flex now. I then edited the Makefile to
     > and changed where it says "FLEX = flex" to "FLEX = lex"
     > ( lex: the native Solaris one ) but then it complains about
     > the "-p" option. Is there any way I can compile flex without
     > using flex or lex?
     >
     > Thanks so much for your time.
     
     You managed to step on the bootstrap sequence, which first copies
     initscan.c to scan.c in order to build flex.  Try fetching a fresh
     distribution from ftp.ee.lbl.gov.  (Or you can first try removing
     ".bootstrap" and doing a make again.)
     
     		Vern