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@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ flex can be found at: http://flex.sourceforge.net/ -Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker -facilities which can be found from flex's SourceForge project page at: +Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker for +flex at: -http://sourceforge.net/projects/flex +http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=97492&atid=618177 + +The flex codebase is kept in git at: + +https://github.com/westes/flex There are several mailing lists available as well: @@ -24,8 +28,59 @@ using flex flex-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - where you can discuss development of flex itself -Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of -BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL). +Find information on subscribing to the mailing lists at: + +http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=97492 + +The flex distribution contains the following files which may be of interest: + +README - This file. + +NEWS - current version number and list of user-visible changes. + +INSTALL - basic installation information. + +ABOUT-NLS - description of internationalization support in flex. + +COPYING - flex's copyright and license. + +doc/ - user documentation. + +examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a +few other things. See the file examples/README for more details. + +TODO - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc. + +tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details. + +po/ - internationalization support files. + +You need the following tools to build flex from the maintainer's +repository: + +compiler suite - flex is built with gcc +bash, or a good Bourne-style shell +m4 - m4 -p needs to work; GNU m4 and a few others are suitable +GNU bison; to generate parse.c from parse.y +autoconf 2.69; for handling the build system +automake 1.12.2; for Makefile generation +gettext 0.18; fori18n support +help2man 1.36; to generate the flex man page +tar, gzip, etc.; for packaging of the source distribution +GNU texinfo 498; to build and test the flex manual +GNU indent 2.8; for indenting the flex source the way we want it done + +Once you have all the necessary tools installed, life becomes +simple. To prepare the flex tree for building, run the script: + +$ ./autogen.sh + +in the top level of the flex source tree. +This script calls the various tools needed to get flex ready for the +GNU-style configure script to be able to work. + +From this point on, building flex follows the usual configure, make, +make install routine. This file is part of flex. @@ -55,25 +110,4 @@ IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -The flex distribution contains the following files which may be of interest: - -README - This file. - -NEWS - current version number and list of user-visible changes. - -INSTALL - basic installation information. - -ABOUT-NLS - description of internationalization support in flex. - -COPYING - flex's copyright and license. -doc/ - user documentation. - -examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a -few other things. See the file examples/README for more details. - -TODO - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc. - -tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details. - -po/ - internationalization support files. |