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+	You need flex in your $PATH, which has become part of the base
+	system. This needs bigger binaries.
+	If you don't have flex yet, you can compile it first by doing:
+	# cp /usr/src/etc/binary_sizes* /etc
+	# binsizes big
+	# cd /usr/src/commands/flex-2.5.4 
+	# sh build