Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:57:42 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: flex from ports kills buildworld? Message-ID: <87d4bl807t.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90904091253i398dc4cfvfdb98f3731e6b3c@mail.gmail.com> (Steve Franks's message of "Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:53:09 -0700") References: <539c60b90904091253i398dc4cfvfdb98f3731e6b3c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:53:09 -0700, Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> 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 Do you have `/usr/bin/flex'? That's what should be used by the buildworld step. It may also be a good idea to start with `sudo -i' and *then* run the buildworld commands in the root shell, instead of `sudo command'.
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