Hello, Recently I wanted to update my Gentoo system. I did "emerge --sync" and then "emerge --update world". Unfortunalettly I got following error: checking for flex... flex checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes checking lex output file root... configure: error: cannot find output from flex; giving up !!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report: !!! /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/config.log !!! ERROR: sys-devel/flex-2.5.33-r1 failed. !!! Function econf, Line 495, Exitcode 0 !!! econf failed Does anyone knows a workaroud for this?? I searched thru bugzilla, foud some flex issues but don't figured out any solution :( Plese help. -- Output from /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/config.log below: This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by flex configure 2.5.33, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57. Invocation command line was $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --enable-nls --build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ## --------- ## ## Platform. ## ## --------- ## hostname = BehemotG4 uname -m = ppc uname -r = 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 uname -s = Linux uname -v = #8 Fri Mar 17 21:20:17 CET 2006 /usr/bin/uname -p = 7447/7457, altivec supported /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = ppc /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /sbin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/lib/portage/bin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /opt/bin PATH: /usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5 PATH: /opt/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0/bin PATH: /opt/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0/jre/bin PATH: /usr/qt/3/bin PATH: /usr/kde/3.4/sbin PATH: /usr/kde/3.4/bin ## ----------- ## ## Core tests. ## ## ----------- ## configure:1344: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:1398: result: /bin/install -c configure:1409: checking whether build environment is sane configure:1452: result: yes configure:1485: checking for gawk configure:1501: found /bin/gawk configure:1511: result: gawk configure:1521: checking whether make sets $(MAKE) configure:1541: result: yes configure:1723: checking whether NLS is requested configure:1732: result: yes configure:1770: checking for msgfmt configure:1801: result: /usr/bin/msgfmt configure:1810: checking for gmsgfmt configure:1828: found /usr/bin/gmsgfmt configure:1841: result: /usr/bin/gmsgfmt configure:1880: checking for xgettext configure:1911: result: /usr/bin/xgettext configure:1951: checking for msgmerge configure:1981: result: /usr/bin/msgmerge configure:2044: checking for style of include used by make configure:2072: result: GNU configure:2105: checking for powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc configure:2121: found /usr/bin/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc configure:2131: result: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc configure:2413: checking for C compiler version configure:2416: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --version </dev/null >&5 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 3.4.5 (Gentoo 3.4.5-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9) Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. configure:2419: $? = 0 configure:2421: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -v </dev/null >&5 Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/specs Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/gcc-3.4.5-r1/work/gcc-3.4.5/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.4.5 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/include/g++-v3 --host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,f77 --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.5 (Gentoo 3.4.5-r1, ssp-3.4.5-1.0, pie-8.7.9) configure:2424: $? = 0 configure:2426: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -V </dev/null >&5 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc: `-V' option must have argument configure:2429: $? = 1 configure:2453: checking for C compiler default output configure:2456: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:2459: $? = 0 configure:2505: result: a.out configure:2510: checking whether the C compiler works configure:2516: ./a.out configure:2519: $? = 0 configure:2536: result: yes configure:2543: checking whether we are cross compiling configure:2545: result: no configure:2548: checking for suffix of executables configure:2550: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:2553: $? = 0 configure:2578: result: configure:2584: checking for suffix of object files configure:2606: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:2609: $? = 0 configure:2631: result: o configure:2635: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler configure:2660: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:2663: $? = 0 configure:2666: test -s conftest.o configure:2669: $? = 0 configure:2682: result: yes configure:2688: checking whether powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g configure:2710: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -c -g conftest.c >&5 configure:2713: $? = 0 configure:2716: test -s conftest.o configure:2719: $? = 0 configure:2730: result: yes configure:2747: checking for powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C configure:2808: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:2811: $? = 0 configure:2814: test -s conftest.o configure:2817: $? = 0 configure:2835: result: none needed configure:2853: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -c -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 conftest.c:2: error: syntax error before "me" configure:2856: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | #ifndef __cplusplus | choke me | #endif configure:2967: checking dependency style of powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc configure:3035: result: gcc3 configure:3058: checking build system type configure:3076: result: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu configure:3084: checking host system type configure:3098: result: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu configure:3130: checking for ld used by GCC configure:3193: result: /usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld configure:3202: checking if the linker (/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld) is GNU ld GNU ld version 2.16.1 configure:3214: result: yes configure:3220: checking for shared library run path origin configure:3233: result: done configure:3650: checking whether NLS is requested configure:3659: result: yes configure:3677: checking for GNU gettext in libc configure:3702: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c >&5 configure:3705: $? = 0 configure:3708: test -s conftest configure:3711: $? = 0 configure:3722: result: yes configure:4381: checking whether to use NLS configure:4383: result: yes configure:4386: checking where the gettext function comes from configure:4397: result: libc configure:4464: checking for bison configure:4480: found /usr/bin/bison configure:4490: result: bison -y configure:4505: checking for flex configure:4521: found /usr/bin/flex configure:4531: result: flex configure:4544: checking for yywrap in -lfl configure:4575: powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec conftest.c -lfl >&5 configure:4578: $? = 0 configure:4581: test -s conftest configure:4584: $? = 0 configure:4596: result: yes configure:4664: checking lex output file root configure:4675: flex conftest.l ./configure: line 4676: 6059 Segmentation fault flex conftest.l configure:4678: $? = 139 configure:4685: error: cannot find output from flex; giving up ## ---------------- ## ## Cache variables. ## ## ---------------- ## ac_cv_build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_build_alias=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=yes ac_cv_env_CC_set= ac_cv_env_CC_value= ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=set ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value='-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec' ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_CPP_set= ac_cv_env_CPP_value= ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=set ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value='-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec' ac_cv_env_CXX_set= ac_cv_env_CXX_value= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=set ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=set ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_env_target_alias_set= ac_cv_env_target_alias_value= ac_cv_exeext= ac_cv_host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_host_alias=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_lib_fl_yywrap=yes ac_cv_objext=o ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT=/usr/bin/gmsgfmt ac_cv_path_MSGFMT=/usr/bin/msgfmt ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE=/usr/bin/msgmerge ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT=/usr/bin/xgettext ac_cv_path_install='/bin/install -c' ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk ac_cv_prog_CC=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc ac_cv_prog_LEX=flex ac_cv_prog_YACC='bison -y' ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc= ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes acl_cv_hardcode_direct=no acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec='${wl}-rpath ${wl}$libdir' acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_separator= acl_cv_hardcode_minus_L=no acl_cv_libext=a acl_cv_path_LD=/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld acl_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes acl_cv_rpath=done acl_cv_shlibext=so acl_cv_wl=-Wl, am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type=gcc3 gt_cv_func_gnugettext1_libc=yes ## ----------------- ## ## Output variables. ## ## ----------------- ## ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run aclocal-1.7' AMDEPBACKSLASH='\' AMDEP_FALSE='#' AMDEP_TRUE='' AMTAR='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run tar' AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run autoconf' AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run autoheader' AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run automake-1.7' AWK='gawk' BISON='' CC='powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc' CCDEPMODE='depmode=gcc3' CFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec' CPP='' CPPFLAGS='' CXX='' CXXDEPMODE='' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec' CYGPATH_W='echo' DEFS='' DEPDIR='.deps' ECHO_C='' ECHO_N='-n' ECHO_T='' EGREP='' EXEEXT='' GMSGFMT='/usr/bin/gmsgfmt' HELP2MAN='' INDENT='' INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644' INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='${SHELL} $(install_sh) -c -s' INTLLIBS='' LDFLAGS='' LEX='flex' LEXLIB='-lfl' LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT='' LIBICONV='-liconv' LIBINTL='' LIBOBJS='' LIBS='' LN_S='' LTLIBICONV='-liconv' LTLIBINTL='' LTLIBOBJS='' M4='' MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/missing --run makeinfo' MKINSTALLDIRS='$(top_builddir)/./mkinstalldirs' MSGFMT='/usr/bin/msgfmt' MSGMERGE='/usr/bin/msgmerge' OBJEXT='o' PACKAGE='flex' PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='flex-help@lists.sourceforge.net' PACKAGE_NAME='flex' PACKAGE_STRING='flex 2.5.33' PACKAGE_TARNAME='flex' PACKAGE_VERSION='2.5.33' PATH_SEPARATOR=':' POSUB='po' RANLIB='' SET_MAKE='' SHELL='/bin/sh' STRIP='' USE_NLS='yes' VERSION='2.5.33' XGETTEXT='/usr/bin/xgettext' YACC='bison -y' ac_ct_CC='' ac_ct_CXX='' ac_ct_RANLIB='' ac_ct_STRIP='' am__fastdepCC_FALSE='#' am__fastdepCC_TRUE='' am__fastdepCXX_FALSE='' am__fastdepCXX_TRUE='' am__include='include' am__leading_dot='.' am__quote='' bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin' build='powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu' build_alias='powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu' build_cpu='powerpc' build_os='linux-gnu' build_vendor='unknown' datadir='/usr/share' exec_prefix='NONE' host='powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu' host_alias='powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu' host_cpu='powerpc' host_os='linux-gnu' host_vendor='unknown' includedir='${prefix}/include' infodir='/usr/share/info' install_sh='/var/tmp/portage/flex-2.5.33-r1/work/flex-2.5.33/install-sh' libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib' libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec' localstatedir='/var/lib' mandir='/usr/share/man' oldincludedir='/usr/include' prefix='/usr' program_transform_name='s,x,x,' sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin' sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com' sysconfdir='/etc' target_alias='' ## ----------- ## ## confdefs.h. ## ## ----------- ## #define ENABLE_NLS 1 #define HAVE_DCGETTEXT 1 #define HAVE_GETTEXT 1 #define PACKAGE "flex" #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "flex-help@lists.sourceforge.net" #define PACKAGE_NAME "flex" #define PACKAGE_STRING "flex 2.5.33" #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "flex" #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.5.33" #define VERSION "2.5.33" configure: exit 1
your host flex is crashing, not the one you're trying to build/install try this: emerge -C flex emerge flex
Hello, I did: emerge -C flex emerge flex and got the same error: checking for yywrap in -ll... no checking lex output file root... configure: error: cannot find output from flex; giving up -- This hint did not work. I'm looking for any other suggestions ;) Bye!
OK - problem is solved. I don't know if I did it wisely but I removed all files from /usr/portage/sys-devel/flex/ then I issued 'emerge --sync' and finally I installed flex via 'emerge flex'
