flex and dos source files. How is flex built for cygwin (No longer on topic)

[Peter Rehley]

On Nov 22, 2004, at 11:00 AM, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
[snip]
>
>> [snip]
>>>> Modified build commands would be
>>>> ./configure; make LDFLAGS="/usr/lib/automode.o"
>>>
>>> <PEDANTIC>
>>> The above should really be
>>> 	./configure; make LDLIBS="/usr/lib/automode.o"
>>> 	                    ^^^^
>> make LIBS="-lintl /usr/lib/automode.o".  There is no LDLIBS in the 
>> flex
>> source, and when setting LIBS the -lintl is needed because the LIBS 
>> in the
>> Makefile had that value.
>
> It *is* LDLIBS.  See "make -pf/dev/null | grep -C2 '^%: %.o'".  BTW, 
> this
> is not Cygwin-specific.

Ok, that's the built-in rule, but the flex Makefile isn't using the 
built-in rule.  See the rule for $(FLEX)

>
>>> It may not matter for linking in a .o file, but it certainly will 
>>> matter if
>>> a -l form is used (as you tried earlier).
>>> </PEDANTIC>
>
> HTH,
> 	Igor
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Enjoy,
Peter
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