Based on the comments so far in this thread, I'll go ahead and commit the patch, with some comments attached of course --- in particular a big head comment to run flex with -b and see that lex.backup says something to this effect.
Add it to the release check-list. Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly