Instructions to compile flex-2.4.6 on IBM RT running AIX-2.2.1

0) Prerequisites: you need gzip and patch.

1) Get flex-2.4.6.tar.gz from you favorite ftp site for GNU softwares
(for example prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu).

2) Unarchive flex-2.4.6 and go into this directory.

3) Copy flex2.4.6.diff here.

4) Apply the patch (patch < flex2.4.6.diff)

5) Run make.

6) You need GNU install (fileutils package) for the installation. 

Francois Normant (fn@mathappl.polymtl.ca).
