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Re: flex package POSIX violation
- From: Marco Atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:44:32 +0100
- Subject: Re: flex package POSIX violation
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- References: <5a49530b.1d0b9d0a.17c20.f7f6@mx.google.com>
On 31/12/2017 22:13, Steven Penny wrote:
The POSIX standard, at least since 1997 [1], requires the presence of a
"lex"
utility.
Most systems (including Cygwin) provide a Lex implementation via the "flex"
package. However with other OS, a "lex -> flex" symlink is provided,
whereas the
Cygwin package does not.
Please resolve this, thanks.
[1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/lex.html
Flex is NOT 100% Posix compliant.
See Info on
20 Incompatibilities with Lex and Posix
as upstream does not provide the link "lex -> flex"
I am reluctant to do differently.
Regards
Marco
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