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