Re: Problem with e_flex in base

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Mark,

Mark Rivers wrote:
> I have found a problem with e_flex in base (3.14.8.2).  It does not
> handle .l files that have DOS terminators, which is what happens if
> one un-tars EPICS base on a Cygwin system and tries to build it.

What program did you use to extract everything out of the tar file?

If you're going to build EPICS using Cygwin, you should use the Cygwin 
version of tar to do that extraction, which will only convert the Unix 
line endings into DOS ones if your Cygwin installation is configured to 
use DOS line endings.  In that configuration, the Cygwin C runtime 
library automatically does the right thing with line endings and e_flex 
should work properly without any changes.

> Would it be possible to fix e_flex so this does not happen?

I have developed a fix, but I'm reluctant to commit it since I believe 
the problem was really due to operator error.

Is this reasonable?

- Andrew
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