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Reply-To: "Al" <nobrow AT eircom DOT net>
From: "Al" <nobrow AT eircom DOT net>
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References: <002601c30ab7$c0f54be0$9681869f AT oemcomputer> <3EA875A9 DOT 80403 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
Subject: Re: automake, flex, libfl.a
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 11:01:36 +0100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
To: "Al" <nobrow AT eircom DOT net>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: automake, flex, libfl.a


> Al wrote:
>
> > My problem is that I think I should be using @LEXLIB@ if my source is to
be
> > buildable on other platforms. So the question is, is there something
unusual
> > about Cygwins libfl.a that is causing my problem and hence I should know
> > about? I just dont understand that error, ``not have real file''???
>
> It's not libfl.a -- it's libtool.  Libtool policy (as of last July or
> so) is to only build DLLs if all dependencies are also shared libs.
> There are a number of good reasons for this; check the mailing list
> archives.
>
> Short answer: try to build flex as a shared library, or ask the
> maintainer to do so.  Sometimes it's as simple as running 'autoreconf'
> in the (flex) source directory...
>
> --Chuck
>
>
>

Got ya. Thanks for the pointer.

Al.


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