[ITP] re2c (2nd try)

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Mon May 17 12:35:00 GMT 2004


Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Hello Max,
> 
> # re2c setup.hint
> sdesc: "Tool for writing fast and flexible lexers"
> ldesc: "re2c is a tool for generating C-based recognizers from regular
> expressions.  re2c-based scanners are efficient:  for programming
> languages, given similar specifications, an re2c-based scanner is
> typically almost twice as fast as a flex-based scanner with little or no
> increase in size (possibly a decrease on cisc architectures).  Indeed,
> re2c-based scanners are quite competitive with hand-crafted ones."
> category: devel
> requires: cygwin
> 
> http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/re2c/setup.hint
> http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/re2c/re2c-0.9.1-1.tar.bz2
> http://anfaenger.de/cygwin/re2c/re2c-0.9.1-1-src.tar.bz2
> 
>>> $ ./re2c-0.9.1-1.sh all
>>> ...
>>> lndir: not found
> 
> This should work now, with lndir or without lndir.

Umm... did you actually try your source package?

1. lnconf.sh is not in it.

2. You are using lnconf.sh incorrectly, such that even if I fetch a copy of it, the build still fails.


Max.



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