From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 06:51:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA05842 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 06:51:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from vent.pipex.net (root@vent.pipex.net [158.43.128.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA05837 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 06:51:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown by vent.pipex.net (8.6.12/PIPEX simple 1.20) id OAA17343; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:51:40 GMT Message-ID: Priority: Normal To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Narinder Singh Subject: FreeBSD Lex or Flex? Date: Thu, 14 Dec 95 08:36:32 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Dear sir, I am using Linux at the moment, but I am looking to go over to FreeBSD. However before I do, I need to know some information about Free BSD. Does FreeBSD provide Lex or Flex? The reason I need to know is because I am trying to compile a software application from the Georgia Institute Of Technology. This application uses Yacc and Lex to create a C preprocessor. However, my version of Linux comes with Flex ver 2.5.2, which does not give the desired result. Therefore, I am trying locate a copy of Lex to use with FreeBSD. If FreeBSD does not come with Lex then do you know where I could download a copy that will run under FreeBSD? Yours faithfully, Narinder Singh Research Manager, Simulation Visionics Europe Ltd Email: fd11@dial.pipex.com (I've experienced no problems when I moved from Yacc to Bison).