A couple of questions and Re:fix for gcc 3.4 and flex 2.5.4

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

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> To Dirk Jagdmann:
> 
> Thank you for that. I spent a while hacking around getting roughly the same 
> result but couldn't work out a way to put it all in a nice script!
> 
> It also works for gcc 3.2.3 and flex 2.5.4 on lilypond 2.4.4 BTW
> 
> To everyone:
> 
> Would it be a good idea to detect for these problems in configure and maybe 
> run these scripts automatically if certain gcc/flex version combos are 
> found?

I don't know. IMHO, these problems are not specific to lilypond, and
should be fixed by the distributor. Also, we have a  packaged script,
called

        lexer-gcc-3.1.sh

which seems to fix the same problem. Perhaps we have to rename the
script. Can you check whether that script does the trick?

> Also, I would like to have two lilypond versions on my system; one the 
> latest stable release (2.4) and one the latest development (or CVS) version 
> so I can have a fiddle :) Is this possible?

yes. Look into the --prefix option of configure

> Finally, I would like to help the lily community by packaging lily 2.4 for 
> slackware. How do I go about this? Do I just tar it up?

I don't know, I guess the Slackware community is the best place to ask. 

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