Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:22:35 -0700 From: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> To: Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: flex from ports kills buildworld? Message-ID: <20090410012235.GA2328@shell.eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90904091253i398dc4cfvfdb98f3731e6b3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90904091253i398dc4cfvfdb98f3731e6b3c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:53:09PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > Probably doing something stupid, but on the off chance I'm not: > > - Had to install a newer flex from ports for something. > - Had to move the system flex to avoid hacking reams of bad makefiles > - Did a buildworld, and it can't find a flex > - Seems to me, buildworld should be able to use a newer flex, and > should be able to use the one from /usr/local instead of /sbin > > Thanks, > Steve > > [steve@dynstant /usr/src]$ sudo make buildworld > ... > flex -ogengtype-lex.c > /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools/../../../../contrib/gcc/gengtype-lex.l > flex:No such file or directory > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_tools. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > [steve@dynstant /usr/src]$ which flex > /usr/local/bin/flex > [steve@dynstant /usr/src]$ It appears that your flex in /usr/local/bin is not being found. It is possible that PATH for the build environment does not contain /usr/local/bin probably in order to have a controlled build environment. Why don't you temporarily do: ln -s /usr/local/bin/flex /usr/bin/flex and see if that works.
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