Re: lex is insufficient? (daq 0.6.2)

[Michael Altizer <maltizer () sourcefire com>]

On 12/15/2011 05:34 PM, tgiles () echoforest org wrote:
> Hi, All.
>
> Trying to build a copy of Snort 2.9.2 on Debian 5 x64 system and and running into an issue with configuring daq 
> 0.6.2. Receive "error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile libsfbpf." whenever I try to run a 
> configure.
>
> I have the default flex 2.5.35 and Bison 2.3 installed. latest available Flex version is 2.5.35, so there's no way to 
> upgrade it to something else.
>
> Packages:
>
> * libdnet - 1.11
> configured with: ./configure --prefix=/opt/snort&&  make&&  make install
> * libpcap - 1.1.1
> configured with: ./configure --prefix=/opt/snort&&  make&&  make install
>
> * daq - 0.6.2
> configured with: ./configure --prefix=/opt/snort --with-libpcap-includes=/opt/snort/include 
> --with-libpcap-libraries=/opt/snort/lib
> -or-
> configured with: ./configure --prefix=/opt/snort --with-libpcap-includes=/opt/snort/include 
> --with-libpcap-libraries=/opt/snort/lib --without-flex --without-bison
>
> relevant error from the config.log:
>
> configure:11538: checking for capable lex
> configure:11549: result: insufficient
> configure:11552: error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile
>           libsfbpf. You should install both bison and flex.
>           flex is a lex replacement that has many advantages,
>           including being able to compile libsfbpf.  For more
>           information, see http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/flex.html .
>
>
> Re-downloaded packages, tweaked environment variables, verified paths, confirmed no extra dev- packages to install 
> and can't get this to go the next step. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any input you might have
>
> tom
Check the bit that should be right above it in config.log to see what 
it's failing to do when checking for flex and bison.

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