Changeset 966dad90

Timestamp:

May 29, 2017, 1:54:03 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…>

Branches:

sysvinit

Children:

110500e

Parents:

e1be9a61

git-author:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…> (05/29/17 13:54:01)

git-committer:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…> (05/29/17 13:54:03)

Message:

Use a link instead of a wrapper script for lex.

File:

• BOOK/final-system/common/flex.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/final-system/common/flex.xml

@@ -51 +51 @@
     <para os="h">A few programs do not know about <command>flex</command> yet and
     try to run its predecessor, <command>lex</command>. To support those
-    programs, create a wrapper script named <filename>lex</filename> that
-    calls <filename>flex</filename> in <command>lex</command> emulation
+    programs, create a symbolic link named <filename>lex</filename> that
+    runs <filename>flex</filename> in <command>lex</command> emulation
     mode:</para>
 
-<screen os="i"><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/bin/lex &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-<literal>#!/bin/sh
-# Begin /usr/bin/lex
-
-exec /usr/bin/flex -l "$@"
-
-# End /usr/bin/lex</literal>
-EOF
-chmod -v 755 /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen>
+<screen os="i"><userinput>ln -sv flex /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>