diff --git a/package/base/flex/gen.c-fix.patch b/package/base/flex/gen.c-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..506aea556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/flex/gen.c-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
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+# 
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+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/flex/gen.c-fix.patch
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
+# 
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+
+--- flex-2.5.31/gen.c	2003-03-30 21:58:44.000000000 +0200
++++ flex-2.5.31/gen.c.old	2003-12-28 00:05:52.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1810,11 +1810,8 @@
+ 	if (yymore_used) {
+ 		if (!C_plus_plus) {
+ 			if (yytext_is_array) {
+-				if (!reentrant){
+-    				indent_puts ("static int yy_more_offset = 0;");
+-                }else{
+-                    indent_puts ("static int yy_prev_more_offset = 0;");
+-                }
++   				indent_puts ("static int yy_more_offset = 0;");
++ 				indent_puts ("static int yy_prev_more_offset = 0;");
+ 			}
+ 			else if (!reentrant) {
+ 				indent_puts