lex and yacc: Where to get them

[Jerry McBride]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:44:20 -0400 Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com> wrote:

> I am trying to compile a new kernel on my lindows box. The kernel went fine
> but the modules are not. (What else is new?)
> 
> I get errors saying, among other things, that I need yacc and lex.
> yacc and lex do no appear to exist, anywhere. However, bison exists and
> appears to be a drop in replacement for yacc. Is this true?
> flex exists, and appears to be a replacemnt for lex. Is this true?
> 

You should install yacc.... as for lex, if you have flex installed then find out
where flex is with: which flex, then make a soft link with something like ln -s
/usr/bin/flex/usr/bin/lex. I needed the mentioned link in OpenLinux 3.11....

It will then compile your modules.

Welcome to the new kernel.



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