Imported Upstream version 2.5.39

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@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ flex can be found at:
 
 http://flex.sourceforge.net/
 
-Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker
-facilities which can be found from flex's SourceForge project page at:
+Bug reports should be submitted using the SourceForge Bug Tracker for
+flex at:
 
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/flex
+http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=97492&atid=618177
+
+The flex codebase is kept in git at:
+
+https://github.com/westes/flex
 
 There are several mailing lists available as well:
 
@@ -24,8 +28,59 @@ using flex
 flex-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - where you can discuss development of
 flex itself
 
-Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of
-BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+Find information on subscribing to the mailing lists at:
+
+http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=97492
+
+The flex distribution contains the following files which may be of interest:
+
+README - This file.
+
+NEWS - current version number and list of user-visible changes.
+
+INSTALL - basic installation information.
+
+ABOUT-NLS - description of internationalization support in flex.
+
+COPYING - flex's copyright and license.
+
+doc/ - user documentation.
+
+examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a
+few other things. See the file examples/README for more details.
+
+TODO - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc.
+
+tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details.
+
+po/ - internationalization support files.
+
+You need the following tools to build flex from the maintainer's
+repository:
+
+compiler suite - flex is built with gcc
+bash, or a good Bourne-style shell
+m4 - m4 -p needs to work; GNU m4 and a few others are suitable
+GNU bison;  to generate parse.c from parse.y
+autoconf 2.69; for handling the build system
+automake 1.12.2; for Makefile generation
+gettext 0.18; fori18n support
+help2man 1.36; to generate the flex man page
+tar, gzip, etc.; for packaging of the source distribution
+GNU texinfo 498;  to build and test the flex manual
+GNU indent 2.8; for indenting the flex source the way we want it done
+
+Once you have all the necessary tools installed, life becomes
+simple. To prepare the flex tree for building, run the script:
+
+$ ./autogen.sh
+
+in the top level of the flex source tree.
+This script calls the various tools needed to get flex ready for the
+GNU-style configure script to be able to work.
+
+From this point on, building flex follows the usual configure, make,
+make install routine.
 
 This file is part of flex.
 
@@ -55,25 +110,4 @@ IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.
 
-The flex distribution contains the following files which may be of interest:
-
-README - This file.
-
-NEWS - current version number and list of user-visible changes.
-
-INSTALL - basic installation information.
-
-ABOUT-NLS - description of internationalization support in flex.
-
-COPYING - flex's copyright and license.
 
-doc/ - user documentation.
-
-examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a
-few other things. See the file examples/README for more details.
-
-TODO - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc.
-
-tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details.
-
-po/ - internationalization support files.