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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-12-03 05:48:05 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-12-03 05:48:05 +0000
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Advice about lex.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=593
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@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ have to do is uncomment them.
2. MAKE
-Next run
+You may find you need flex at version 2.5.3 or greater to build
+fetchmail. The stock lex distributed with Linux does not work -- it
+yields a parser which core-dumps on syntax errors. The stock Solaris
+lex also fails fetchmail.
+
+Run
make
-This will compile fetchmail for your system. Note that in order to
-build it, you may find you need flex at version 2.5.3 or greater. The
-stock lex distributed with Linux does not work -- it yields a parser
-which core-dumps on syntax errors.
+This will compile fetchmail for your system.
3. INSTALL