[mod_python] flex path and version for compiling mod_python

Frank Gruman fgatwork at verizon.net
Tue May 10 18:58:08 EDT 2005


Right - ok......gotcha - I see (said the blind man as he picked up his 
hammer and saw)........

SLES9
toybox:~ # flex --version
flex version 2.5.4

Regards,
Frank

Jim Gallacher wrote:

> Just to clarify, I'm parsing the output of flex --version to extract 
> the version within the configure script, so I need the actual *output* 
> of flex --version on your system, as opposed the version of your flex.
>
> eg.
>
> localhost:~$ flex --version
> flex 2.5.31
>
> Thanks
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Gallacher wrote:
>
>> Could I get a little input from folks?
>>
>> Currently, flex is needed for compiling mod_python but it's path is 
>> hard coded in src/Makefile as /usr/local/bin/flex. Thus, on many 
>> systems compilation will fail unless the Makefile is manually edited.
>>
>> The path for flex should really be determined by the configure 
>> script, and it's version checked, as version 2.5.31 is the required 
>> minimum.
>>
>> I'd like to modify the configure script, but I first want to check 
>> that the output of `flex --version` is the same on different platforms.
>>
>> Could people run the following on their systems and email the output 
>> to me?
>>
>> flex --version
>>
>> On Debian unstable the result is:
>> flex 2.5.31
>>
>> You can email me directly rather than the list.
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
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