Re: regex-test fails in 2.22.4

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

--- On Sun, 1/10/10, Matthew Burgess <matthew linuxfromscratch org> wrote:

> From: Matthew Burgess <matthew linuxfromscratch org>
> Subject: Re: regex-test fails in 2.22.4
> To: "Sergei Steshenko" <sergstesh yahoo com>
> Cc: gtk-list gnome org
> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 1:18 AM
> Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> 
> >> partial matching (string: "aa", pattern:
> "a+b")     failed  (got 1,
> expected: 0)
> >> 466 tests passed, 1 failed
> > 
> > I vaguely remember that not the latest PCRE should not
> be used, or, you
> > can put it another way - the latest PCRE breaks 'make
> check' of 'glib'.
> > 
> > I am using pcre-7.9; pcre-8.0 breaks 'make check' of
> glib-2.20.5.
> 
> Hi Sergei, thanks for that.  I've confirmed that using
> pcre-7.9 enables glib's testsuite to pass again.  I'll
> see if I can chase this up with the pcre folks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matt.
> 

It may as well be a bug in 'glib'. I.e. PCRE functionality/interface could
change, and 'glib' folks may be out of sync.

Formally speaking, it's a 'glib' bug in any case - its 'configure' should
check for compatible version of PCRE.

Regards,
  Sergei.