--- On Sun, 1/10/10, Matthew Burgess <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Matthew Burgess <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: regex-test fails in 2.22.4
> To: "Sergei Steshenko" <sergstesh@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx
> 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.
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