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In a message dated 2/8/99 9:11:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, law@hurl.cygnus.com writes: << First step #2 is totally useless. All the tools can be built with HP's compiler.>> I'm not the only one who has tried and failed to build binutils with the HP K&R compiler, but it's easy with gcc. << Second, when building binutils releases, you should not need flex or bison, so step #3 is useless. >> Maybe, if you can find a way to prevent configure from being fooled into thinking lex is installed, when it finds lex libraries, or simply modify the results configure comes up with. If you have flex and bison installed, it doesn't take that wrong turn.