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Re: AC_PROG_LEX doesn't notice when lex isn't installed


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: AC_PROG_LEX doesn't notice when lex isn't installed
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:51:06 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux)

Brian Sammon <address@hidden> writes:

> I think it's safe to assume that packages that use AC_PROG_LEX
> require lex to build.

No, because people typically ship lex's output as part of the source code.

Can't you do something like this?

AC_PROG_LEX
case $LEX in
:) AC_MSG_ERROR([No lex program found]);;
esac




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