zend-scanner.l does not compile with SUNs CC (4.2)

CFLAGS="-g" CXXFLAGS="-g" CC=c89 CXX=CC ../php4/configure blabla /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile CC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../php4/Zend -I.. -I../Zend -I../../php4 -I/dot/dc4/zend/aolserver3//include -I/dot/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/rdbms/demo -I/dot/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/network/public -I/dot/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/rdbms/demo -I/dot/oracle/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/network/public -I/dot/dc4/zend/php-dev/expat//include -I../TSRM -I../../php4/Zend -I../../php4/TSRM -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -I../TSRM -g -c zend-scanner-cc.cc "../../php4/Zend/zend-scanner.l", line 204: Error: stdiofile is not a member of streambuf. sascha said, this is related to the fact that the compiler does not support full ISO C++. if i comment out the offending line everything compiles. but we leak fd's - so it's not a valid fix. i think we should support this compiler, as gcc is not always a choice. btw, it's not really the compiler that has the problem, it's the -lC + headers that is somehow different to gcc's -lstdc++ or M$VC++. so the next logical question question is: how hard would it be to remove the -lC / -lstdc++ completely? flex only want's some tiny class for it's input - couldn't we just write our own? tc