lfs-book/chapter06/flex.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-flex" xreflabel="Flex" role="wrap">
<title>Flex-&flex-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex"><primary sortas="a-Flex">Flex</primary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>

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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Flex</title>

<para>Apply a patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../flex-&flex-version;-debian_fixes-2.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Touch the man-page:</para>

<screen><userinput>touch doc/flex.1</userinput></screen>

<para>Now prepare Flex for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Now install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

<para>Create a symlink:</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -s libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen>

<para>Create a lex script:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/bin/lex &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin /usr/bin/lex

exec /usr/bin/flex -l "$@"

# End /usr/bin/lex
<userinput>EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen>

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<sect2 id="contents-flex" role="content"><title>Contents of Flex</title>

<para>See testing</para>

</sect2>

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