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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: configure doesn't complain and halt when flex in not available
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Msg-id 4909.1174235131@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to configure doesn't complain and halt when flex in not available  ("Dimuthu Gamage" <dimuthuc@gmail.com>)
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"Dimuthu Gamage" <dimuthuc@gmail.com> writes:
> I was compiling PosgreSQL on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper. It was really easy to
> build  the system for newbie like me.
> The little problem i found was In the Make it complain that 'flex' is
> not available. I thought it should be  complained from configure.

That's intentional --- you normally don't need flex to build from a
Postgres distribution tarball.

            regards, tom lane

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