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From: "Hector Gonzalez Jaime." <CACHO@mexicano.gdl.iteso.mx>
Organization:  ITESO university.
To: "F. Marcos" <marcos@eig.unige.ch>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Date:          Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:56:52 CST
Subject:       Re: Postgres95 and FBSD 2.1R
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> I've downloaded Postgres95 and tried to compile it.
> 
> It won't compile "out of the box"
> 
> I've defined BSD44_derived properly in the Makefile.global, patched the ar parameters in 
> order to let it build the archive properly, but I still have errors when linking 
> postgres.

you need gnu flex in order to compile it, and you need to define 
LEX=/usr/local/bin/flex  (or where you install it) in the Makefile 
for the backend.

Hector Gonzalez Jaime.
Iteso, Guadalajara, Mexico.
cacho@mexicano.gdl.iteso.mx