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flex (was: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/kdesdk3



On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 07:28:16AM +0100, John Marino wrote:
 >>>  Log Message:
 >>>  devel/kdesdk3: Fix for DragonFly
 >>>
 >>>  DragonFly needs devel/flex rather than USE_TOOLS+= lex in order to
 >>>  build kdesdk3.
 >>
 >> Doesn't USE_TOOLS+=flex do that?
 >>
 >
 > No, both lex and flex point to the same file: /usr/bin/lex
 > 
 > mk/tools/tools.DragonFly.mk:
 > TOOLS_PLATFORM.flex?=   /usr/bin/lex
 > TOOLS_PLATFORM.lex?=    /usr/bin/lex
 > 
 > which is actually kind of strange because on my system
 > /usr/bin/flex exists, but /usr/bin/lex does not.
 > Does this indicate an old mk file perhaps?

I'm not sure exactly, but if it points to something that doesn't exist
it's definitely wrong. Let's move this to tech-pkg.

(I would think, also, that USE_TOOLS+=flex should get you flex,
specifically, and USE_TOOLS+=lex should allow other implementations as
well. But I guess that isn't the issue in this case.)

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost



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