Re: grep 2.5 build problem on QNX 6.2

[Stepan Kasal]

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Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:10:10 -0400
From: David Wolfe <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: grep 2.5 build problem on QNX 6.2
To: Stepan Kasal <address@hidden>
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> If I find the time, perhaps I'll grab the source RPM for the specific
> version of glibc that comes with RH 7.3 and try to copy those files
> into grep-2.5.1 in the same manner...

I got sort of interested in this, so I tried the above experiment.  It
wasn't very conclusive, though, because the glibc shipped with RH
7.3 (verion 2.2.5.-34) doesn't seem to have the new regex lib; there are
only regex.c and regex.h files--no regcomp.c, regex_internal.c,
regex_internal.h, and regexec.c.  (The RH 7.3 regex.c and regex.h files
*are* slightly different from the grep-CVS versions in several places.)

FWIW, grep 2.5.1 CVS still compiles cleanly and passes all tests on RH
6.2, RH 7.3 and QNX 6.2 when I replace regex.c and regex.h with the RH
7.3 versions.  Not sure what that means, but oh, well... 8-)

So, I guess the question is: *should* the Bond test fail with the regex
files from glibc-CVS?  Perhaps this is a known issue.  Any idea how we
can find out?  Except for this one problem, the new regex files seem to
'drop right in'...

- Dave


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