Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:54:10 -0800 (PST)
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To: Leon Heller <leon AT lfheller DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>,
        Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: flex info problem
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 05:14  3/22/1998 +0000, Leon Heller wrote:
>In message <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 980322161630 DOT 12221T-100000 AT is>, Eli Zaretskii
><eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes
>>
>>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Leon Heller wrote:
>>
>>> I've just installed the DJGPP port of FLEX (flx254b). It's working OK,
>>> but the info file, flex.inf seems to be missing. There is a flex.info
>>> file, which seems to have the correct format, but renaming that to
>>> flex.inf doesn't help.
[snipped]
>The 'flex.info' file is in the \DJGPP\lib directory.

How'd it get there?? It belongs in \DJGPP\info. Move it there and see if it
helps.

>When I type 'info flex' I get 'bad command or filename' and the info
>program hangs. I have to press ^C to break out of it. I've also
>installed Bison, and 'info bison' works OK.

Known bug. When you ask Info to look for something it can't find, it looks
in all sorts of strange and time-consuming ways. (It's a long story.) If I
remember correctly, it gives up after about 15 seconds.

>When I run 'info' and *then* try to get info on 'flex', I get the msg.
>'Cannot find the node "Top"'.
>
>I've tried reinstalling all the info files (including executables) -
>still the same. I can't find the 'dir.txi' file, otherwise I'd try
>regenerating the 'dir' file. Do you know where it should be?

It comes with the DJLSR package.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net