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@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ flex can be found at: http://flex.sourceforge.net/ -Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker for -flex at: - -http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=97492&atid=618177 - The flex codebase is kept in git at: https://github.com/westes/flex +Bugs and pull requests should be filed against flex using github's +issue tracker and pull request facilities. + There are several mailing lists available as well: flex-announce@lists.sourceforge.net - where posts will be made @@ -35,24 +33,15 @@ 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. - + 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 @@ -62,13 +51,24 @@ 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 +autoconf; for handling the build system +automake; for Makefile generation +gettext; for i18n support +help2man; 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 + +GNU texinfo; to build and test the flex manual. Note that if you want +to build the dvi/ps/pdf versions of the documentation you will need +texi2dvi and related programs, along with a sufficiently powerful +implementation of \TeX to process them. See your operating system +documentation for how to achieve this. The printable versions of the +manual are not built unless specifically requested, but the targets +are included by automake. + +GNU indent; for indenting the flex source the way we want it done + +In cases where the versions of the above tools matter, the file +configure.ac will specify the minimum required versions. Once you have all the necessary tools installed, life becomes simple. To prepare the flex tree for building, run the script: |