Re: configure.in: Look for flex

[Rob Browning]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> (You need lex if you change the ".l", and in a maintainer build maybe,
> so a configure check is good, but it shouldn't be an error.)

Or, we might just add a test with a suitable error message to the make
rule that uses flex...

        flex --version || ...

But I'd guess that the normal

  -bash: flex: command not found

might be informative enough.

What would the configure check actually get us?

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