user has hacked flex to not produce the errant code.
AS_IF([test "$LEX" = flex],
[AS_CASE([`$LEX -V`],
[flex\ 2.5.35], [LFLAGS=\
-'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/(size_t) \(num_to_read\)/\1/'\'' w q | ed -s $@'],
+'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/(size_t) \(num_to_read\)/\1/'\'' w q | ed -s $@; \
+true'],
[flex\ 2.5.36], [LFLAGS=\
-'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/\( \)int i;/\1yy_size_t i;/'\'' w q | ed -s $@'])
+'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/\( \)int i;/\1yy_size_t i;/'\'' w q | ed -s $@; \
+true'])
AC_SUBST([LFLAGS])])
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