[MacPorts] #21404: bison 2.4.1 configure fails during forced update on 10.6.1 ("cannot find output from flex")

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#21404: bison 2.4.1 configure fails during forced update on 10.6.1 ("cannot find
output from flex")
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 Reporter:  etiffany@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                         |        Port:                                       
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 After following the wiki instructions for updating ("migrating") to a new
 OS, attempting

 sudo port -f uninstall installed and \( gawk grep gsed perl5 perl5.8
 perl5.10 \)

 and then

 sudo port upgrade --force installed

 progress stopped while running configure for bison.  Performing

 sudo port -v  upgrade --force bison

 produces a lot of output ending with this:

 --->  Configuring bison
 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d
 checking for gawk... gawk
 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
 checking for style of include used by make... GNU
 checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
 checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
 checking whether the C compiler works... yes
 checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of executables...
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... yes
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
 checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... gcc3
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO Standard
 C... (cached) -std=gnu99
 checking for ranlib... ranlib
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 and cc understand -c and -o
 together... yes
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 -E
 checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
 checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
 checking for ANSI C header files... yes
 checking for sys/types.h... yes
 checking for sys/stat.h... yes
 checking for stdlib.h... yes
 checking for string.h... yes
 checking for memory.h... yes
 checking for strings.h... yes
 checking for inttypes.h... yes
 checking for stdint.h... yes
 checking for unistd.h... yes
 checking minix/config.h usability... no
 checking minix/config.h presence... no
 checking for minix/config.h... no
 checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
 checking for flex... flex
 checking lex output file root... configure: error: cannot find output from
 flex; giving up
 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell
 command " cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_bison/work/bison-2.4.1"
 && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --infodir=/opt/local/share/info
 --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --disable-yacc " returned error 1
 Command output: checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of executables...
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 accepts -g... yes
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C89... none needed
 checking dependency style of /usr/bin/gcc-4.2... gcc3
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
 checking for /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO Standard
 C... (cached) -std=gnu99
 checking for ranlib... ranlib
 checking whether /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 and cc understand -c and -o
 together... yes
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -std=gnu99 -E
 checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
 checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
 checking for ANSI C header files... yes
 checking for sys/types.h... yes
 checking for sys/stat.h... yes
 checking for stdlib.h... yes
 checking for string.h... yes
 checking for memory.h... yes
 checking for strings.h... yes
 checking for inttypes.h... yes
 checking for stdint.h... yes
 checking for unistd.h... yes
 checking minix/config.h usability... no
 checking minix/config.h presence... no
 checking for minix/config.h... no
 checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
 checking for flex... flex
 checking lex output file root... configure: error: cannot find output from
 flex; giving up

 Warning: the following items did not execute (for bison):
 org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
 Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

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