Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: The compiler bombs at pgc.l and fails to finish compiling

I am using flex 2.5.4a

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

>
> You must upgrade to using flex 2.5.4+ .. the lex that comes with most
> operating systems (commercial) tends to be unable to handle the complexity
> of our .l files ...
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Unprivileged user wrote:
>
> >
> > ============================================================================
> >                         POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
> > ============================================================================
> >
> >
> > Your name        : Jonathan
> > Your email address    : jonz@netrail.net
> >
> > Category        : install: compile
> > Severity        : critical
> >
> > Summary: The compiler bombs at pgc.l and fails to finish compiling
> >
> > System Configuration
> > --------------------
> >   Operating System   : Solaris 7
> >
> >   PostgreSQL version : 6.4.2
> >
> >   Compiler used      : gcc 2.8.1
> >
> > Hardware:
> > ---------
> > ASUS P2L97-DS, Dual P-II 333 Mhz, 512MB RAM, 9 Gig Disk
> >
> > Versions of other tools:
> > ------------------------
> > gmake 3.77, lex
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Problem Description:
> > --------------------
> > When the compiler reached pgc.l, I receive this error:
> >
> > lex pgc.l
> > "pgc.l":line 53: Error: missing translation value
> > make[3]: *** [pgc.c] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc'
> > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg'
> > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/pgsql/src/interfaces'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > if I try and do a make install i get postgres, but none of the tools or anything else.  It doesn't set up the
database
> > (if it is supposed to) either.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Test Case:
> > ----------
> > I did a ./configure --with-perl --with-CC=gcc --with-pgport=5432 --enable-hba --disable-locale and a 'gmake'
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Solution:
> > ---------
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
> Marc G. Fournier
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
>

Thank you,

Jonathan A. Zdziarski
Sr. Systems Administrator
Netrail, inc.
888.NET.RAIL x240