diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog b/src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog
index f29c45816f..4308f50798 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-04-20  Kayvan A. Sylvan  <kayvan@sylvan.com>
+
+	* table.C: use string::erase(), not string::clear() to enable older
+	versions of gcc to compile the code.
 
 2003-04-17  André Pönitz  <poenitz@gmx.net>
 	
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/table.C b/src/tex2lyx/table.C
index 5b2971e32a..abbb57235b 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/table.C
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/table.C
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void parse_table(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags)
 			// stuff before the line break
 			// and look ahead for stuff after the line break
 			os << HLINE << hlines << HLINE << LINE << read_hlines(p) << HLINE;
-			hlines.clear();
+			hlines.erase();
 		}
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "hline")