[syslog-ng] Compile error on Ubuntu 8.04

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 10:04 -0400, Nate Hausrath wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm attempting to compile and install the latest syslog-ng 3.0 from
> source (downloaded from the git repository).  I believe I have
> installed all the dependencies (configure does not complain).
> However, I am receiving the following error when running make.
> 
> /bin/bash ../ylwrap cfg-lex.l .c cfg-lex.c -- /bin/bash
> /home/nhausrath/packages/syslog-ng.git/missing --run flex
> make[2]: *** [cfg-lex.c] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/nhausrath/packages/syslog-ng.git/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nhausrath/packages/syslog-ng.git'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> It seems the error is in cfg-lex.l, but I can't tell what exactly is
> causing the problem.  Of course, it may be something completely
> different that I am not familiar with.

you don't have flex installed.

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Bazsi