ken wrote: > >But here's the thing: when configure doesn't find lex or flex, it > >sets the value of the program to ":". wth? Wouldn't "false" be > >a far more effective substitute? If there's a way to tell configure > >to change that behavior, we should consider it. > > This behavior is part of autoconf. From the documentation for AC_PROG_LEX: ... > Fixing this for the general case would be a bit of a pain; I'm not > sure there's a wonderful answer. We could do something like outputting > a warning in configure if LEX equals ':' warning that you will need that > tool if you are building from a repository checkout, but that presumes > that people would actually read such a message :-)
Okay. You convinced me. :-) paul =---------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma)
