GNU flex 2.5.2 Release Notes

Note:
Some of the links in this file point to online documents which require additional installation.

Table of Contents

What is GNU flex ?

flex is the GNU replacement for the lex (lexical-analyzer generator). flex is POSIX compliant and generates much smaller and faster scanners than the standard Unix lex. There are two cases why you may be interested in flex.

1. You're compiling sources which contain '.l' files in them such as language compilers/interpreters or other text processing tools.
2. You're writing your own text processing utility which needs to recognize some predefined language.

Most likely you don't need this unless you're a software developer.

See the man pages for further details.

Author's Notice(s):

Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of BSD Unix, which in included with the sources, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL), except for the "configure" script, which is covered by the GPL (GNU public license).

The GNU flex author is Vern Paxson.
Please send bug reports and feedback to: Vern Paxson (vern@ee.lbl.gov).

Builder Notice(s):

Built and packaged for SGI by Ariel Faigon who is afraid emails for support would have to be silently ignored. Patches and constructive suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Installation Information

GNU flex subsystems

fw_GNUflex.sw.*

Execution only environment. The flex executable.

fw_GNUflex.man.*

Man pages, release notes, & texinfo documentation.

fw_GNUflex.src.*

Full source distribution.

Installation Method

All of the subsystems for this product can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

Compatibility

This software is compatible with IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x.