report the current version info that flex provides

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6f4c469fb177c5348488d06c6f7ed7b2d4b2a0f6..cda4884ee5f2c415f011432061b0993b320dd3ba 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
 
 * after version 2.5.22
 
+** the constant FLEX_BETA is defined if flex is a beta release
+
 ** the script create-test was not included in the distribution and it
    should have been