diff --git a/jtag/ChangeLog b/jtag/ChangeLog
index 8ed488c1..531846b8 100644
--- a/jtag/ChangeLog
+++ b/jtag/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-25  Arnim Laeuger  <arniml@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+  * src/svf/svf_flex.l: [ 2635979 ] Replace index() to strchr()
+
 2009-02-23  Arnim Laeuger  <arniml@users.sourceforge.net>
 
   * src/tap/usbconn/libftdi.c, src/tap/usbconn/libftd2xx.c:
diff --git a/jtag/src/svf/svf_flex.l b/jtag/src/svf/svf_flex.l
index 4b9a90c6..f7730651 100644
--- a/jtag/src/svf/svf_flex.l
+++ b/jtag/src/svf/svf_flex.l
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ COMMENT         (!.*)|("//".*)[^\n]
            on the locale settings. */
 
   if (real_string) {
-    char *point_pos = index(real_string, '.');
+    char *point_pos = strchr(real_string, '.');
     YY_EXTRA_TYPE extra = yyget_extra(yyscanner);
 
     if (point_pos)