xorg-x11-6.8.x cannot find -lfl

phoe · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Location: canada

Ive tried to update my xorg which was working. In the course of its build it is looking to link in a library using ld with the flag -lfl.

Now ive done some research and this flag is referred to as LEXLIB, which upon digging I believe refers to the flex package. However, I have this installed already, and it dosent appear using equery that the flex package installs any libraries that xorg could use. So where oh where do I locate the library referred to by -lfl so I can get my X back? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

phoe · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Location: canada

looking at the ebuild - apparently if the build flag is set, the library dosent get made. Not sure why my build flag USE var was set, but removing it fixes this problem.

Double · Apprentice Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 250

i had the same problem

on another computer i check:

mean · Guru Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 313

Same here

HydroSan · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-295915-highlight-lfl.html

Try emerge'ing 'flex'.
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