Re: [PORTS] configure doesn't complain and halt when flex in not available

Tom Lane <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:25:31 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.postgresql.ports
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"Dimuthu Gamage" <[email protected]> writes:
> I was compiling PosgreSQL on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper. It was really easy to
> build  the system for newbie like me.
> The little problem i found was In the Make it complain that 'flex' is
> not available. I thought it should be  complained from configure.

That's intentional --- you normally don't need flex to build from a
Postgres distribution tarball.

			regards, tom lane

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