Applying the patch and adding the needed versioning to the build-depends, the package fails to build:
dpkg-source -b flex-2.5.31 dpkg-source: building flex using existing flex_2.5.31.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: building flex in flex_2.5.31-33.1.diff.gz dpkg-source: cannot represent change to doc/flex.info-2: binary file contents changed dpkg-source: warning: file debian/{arch}/debian-dir/debian-dir--skeleton/debian-dir--skeleton--1.0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/patch-log/patch-1 has no fi nal newline (either original or modified version) dpkg-source: warning: file debian/common/debconf.mk has no final newline (either original or modified version) dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file flex.spec dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file doc/flex.info-3 dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file doc/flex.info-4 dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file doc/flex.info-5 dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file doc/flex.info-6 dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file doc/flex.info-7 dpkg-source: building flex in flex_2.5.31-33.1.dsc dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]