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Subject: Re: flex package POSIX violation
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From: Marco Atzeri <marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com>
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:44:32 +0100
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On 31/12/2017 22:13, Steven Penny wrote:
> The POSIX standard, at least since 1997 [1], requires the presence of a 
> "lex"
> utility.
> 
> Most systems (including Cygwin) provide a Lex implementation via the "flex"
> package. However with other OS, a "lex -> flex" symlink is provided, 
> whereas the
> Cygwin package does not.
> 
> Please resolve this, thanks.
> 
> [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/lex.html
> 
> 

Flex is NOT 100% Posix compliant.
See Info on
   20 Incompatibilities with Lex and Posix
as upstream does not provide the link "lex -> flex"
I am reluctant to do differently.

Regards
Marco

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