Bug 887023

Summary:	dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.14-r4 - configure: error: flex is required to create the libIDL scanner
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Toralf Förster <toralf>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	marat.buharov
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge-info.txt dev-libs:libIDL-0.8.14-r4:20221218-162719.log emerge-history.txt environment etc.clang.tar.bz2 etc.portage.tar.bz2 logs.tar.bz2 temp.tar.bz2

Description Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:36 UTC

checking if C preprocessor likes IDL... yes
checking if C preprocessor can read from stdin... yes
checking for flex... reflex
checking lex output file root... lex.yy
checking lex library... -lfl
checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
configure: error: flex is required to create the libIDL scanner

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

  This is an unstable amd64 chroot image at a tinderbox (==build bot)
  name: 17.1_desktop-j4-20221217-100005

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gcc-config -l:
 [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-12 *
clang/llvm (if any):
clang version 15.0.6
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/lib/llvm/15/bin
Configuration file: /etc/clang/clang.cfg
/usr/lib/llvm/15
15.0.6
Python 3.10.9
Available Rust versions:
  [1]   rust-bin-1.65.0 *
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1)	Eclipse Temurin JDK 11.0.17_p8 [openjdk-bin-11]
*)	Eclipse Temurin JDK 17.0.5_p8 [openjdk-bin-17]
3)	Eclipse Temurin JDK 8.352_p08 [openjdk-bin-8]
Available Java Virtual Machines:
  [1]   openjdk-bin-8 
  [2]   openjdk-bin-11 
  [3]   openjdk-bin-17  system-vm

The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 9.0.2
php cli (if any):

  HEAD of ::gentoo
commit f2684eceb943892193cc36eb0af8d8b50ef442b6
Author: Repository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sun Dec 18 16:17:09 2022 +0000

    2022-12-18 16:17:08 UTC

emerge -qpvO dev-libs/libIDL
[ebuild  N    ] dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.14-r4

Comment 1 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:36 UTC

Created attachment 843465 [details]
emerge-info.txt

Comment 2 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:37 UTC

Created attachment 843467 [details]
dev-libs:libIDL-0.8.14-r4:20221218-162719.log

Comment 3 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:39 UTC

Created attachment 843469 [details]
emerge-history.txt

Comment 4 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:40 UTC

Created attachment 843471 [details]
environment

Comment 5 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:40 UTC

Created attachment 843473 [details]
etc.clang.tar.bz2

Comment 6 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:41 UTC

Created attachment 843475 [details]
etc.portage.tar.bz2

Comment 7 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:43 UTC

Created attachment 843477 [details]
logs.tar.bz2

Comment 8 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2022-12-18 16:29:43 UTC

Created attachment 843479 [details]
temp.tar.bz2