Hi!

On Sat, 2014-11-22 14:33:29 +0100, Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlin...@hotmail.de> 
wrote:
> since r217627 we use an updated AutoMake "missing" script.  However
> that revealed a hidden bug in gmp-4.3.2's (up to gmp-6.0.0a)
> configure script.  That is: an in-tree gmp/configure fails now if
> flex is missing.  The gmp configure uses our missing flex script,
> and previously that emitted an error message and created a dummy
> lex.yy.c, The new version of that script does no longer create any
> lex.yy.c.
[...]
> This patch adds LEX="touch lex.yy.c" to the in-tree gmp configure
> script, which does in fact the same thing as the flex tool when
> called under these conditions.
> 
> I have tested gmp-4.3.2 and gmp-6.0.0a in-tree and boot-strapped
> under x86_64-linux-gnu successfully.
[...]
> 2014-11-22  Bernd Edlinger  <bernd.edlin...@hotmail.de>
> 
>       * Makefile.def (module=gmp): Work around in-tree gmp configure
>       bug with missing flex.
>       * Makefile.in: Regenerated.

Bernd and I discussed that patch; I'm all for it! Looks like that's
the least-ugly thing we'd possibly come up with.

MfG, JBG

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