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233e7676 1;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
06172df5 2;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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1ffa7090 20(define-module (gnu packages flex)
4a44e743 21 #:use-module (guix licenses)
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22 #:use-module (guix packages)
23 #:use-module (guix download)
24 #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
06172df5 25 #:use-module (guix utils)
59a43334 26 #:use-module (gnu packages)
1ffa7090 27 #:use-module (gnu packages m4)
83dcfa72 28 #:use-module (gnu packages man)
1ffa7090 29 #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
0160458b 30 #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
e2b2c466 31
0160458b 32(define-public flex
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33 (package
34 (name "flex")
93fabf59 35 (version "2.6.4")
e2b2c466 36 (source (origin
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37 (method url-fetch)
38 (uri (string-append
39 "https://github.com/westes/flex"
40 "/releases/download/v" version "/"
2dca204e 41 "flex-" version ".tar.gz"))
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42 (sha256
43 (base32
2dca204e 44 "15g9bv236nzi665p9ggqjlfn4dwck5835vf0bbw2cz7h5c1swyp8"))))
e2b2c466 45 (build-system gnu-build-system)
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46 (inputs
47 (let ((bison-for-tests
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48 (package
49 (inherit bison)
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50 (arguments
51 ;; Disable tests, since they require flex.
52 (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments bison)
53 ((#:tests? _ #f) #f)))
2aa76ee1 54 (inputs (alist-delete "flex" (package-inputs bison))))))
33f460ad 55 `(("bison" ,bison-for-tests))))
ba42199e 56 ;; m4 is not present in PATH when cross-building
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57 (native-inputs
58 `(("help2man" ,help2man)
59 ("m4" ,m4)))
e2b2c466 60 (propagated-inputs `(("m4" ,m4)))
83dcfa72 61 (home-page "https://github.com/westes/flex")
9e771e3b 62 (synopsis "Fast lexical analyser generator")
e2b2c466 63 (description
35b9e423 64 "Flex is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes
e2b2c466 65called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in
35b9e423 66text. The flex program reads user-specified input files, or its standard
e2b2c466 67input if no file names are given, for a description of a scanner to
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68generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular expressions
69and C code, called rules. Flex generates a C source file named,
70\"lex.yy.c\", which defines the function yylex(). The file \"lex.yy.c\"
71can be compiled and linked to produce an executable. When the executable
e2b2c466 72is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of text matching the
35b9e423 73regular expressions for each rule. Whenever it finds a match, it
e2b2c466 74executes the corresponding C code.")
166191b3 75 (license (non-copyleft "file://COPYING"
83dcfa72 76 "See COPYING in the distribution."))))