[Bug 1307604] [NEW] Sync flex 2.5.39-4 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

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Please sync flex 2.5.39-4 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped:
  * Preseed autoconf vars ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes and
    ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull for cross builds.
  * Resynchronise with Debian.  Remaining changes:
    - Split the flex package into flex and libfl-dev, with flex as a
      Multi-Arch: foreign package depending on a Multi-Arch: same libfl-dev,
      so that flex works for cross-building.

according to the maintainer, the first change is fixed with package dh switch
second one merged in debian too

Changelog entries since current trusty version 2.5.35-10.1ubuntu2:

flex (2.5.39-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
  * internationalization: added support for various languages. Fix make
    install target to not fail when the flex++ program is already
    installed. various portability fixes that quiet compiler warnings on
    64-bit hosts. numerous bug fixes.
  * Moved to a new dh based build system. Also moved to a 3.0 source
    format, using debcherry.
  * Bug fix: "cross build support", thanks to Eleanor Chen. We have moved
    to a standard dh based build, so we should not have this issue any more.
    (Closes:    #719955).
  * Bug fix: "examples not included into binary packages", thanks to Carl
    Fürstenberg. Examples are in this version.  (Closes: #560387).
  * Bug fix: "new upstream release 2.5.37", thanks to Peter Eisentraut
    (Closes: #729759).
  * Bug fix: "flex, new release available for download", thanks to
    Gianfranco Costamagna (Closes: #736345).
  * Bug fix: "please mark flex as Multi-Arch: allowed", thanks to Steve
    Langasek. Redid the patch to work with dh.     (Closes: #611230).
  * Updating to a new build system means that the changes made to the
    build system in the NMU are not needed, dh does the right thing.
  * The new upstream release added the prototypes in re-entrant mode, so
    we are no longer carrying those patches.

 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta at debian.org>  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:06:12
-0700

** Affects: flex (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Sync flex 2.5.39-4 (main) from Debian unstable (main)
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