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From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
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	Henrich on Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:35:49 -0400 (EDT))
Subject: Re: yylineno ?
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>Im mucking with older software to try and get it running, and its using
>yylineno in lex, however flex doesnt support this variable(?).  Anyone have any
>ideas on what to replace it with?

adding 

   %option yylineno

will enable yylineno compatiblity (at least in version 2.5.3).