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Benjamin Esham wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> The latest version of PCRE offered by Fink in any branch is 4.5, but the
> project's homepage lists the latest version as 6.7.  After downloading,
> ./configure && make built the package without any tweaking or  
> problems at
> all.  Is there a particular reason why Fink's package is so old?  (I'm
> asking because I'm trying to compile a weekly beta version of pan, which
> requires PCRE >= 5.0.)
> 
> Thanks for any pointers.

from what I recall, they broke binary compatibility without changing the
library number around pcre 5 and no one's gotten to making new packages,
but I'm not positive about it.


- --
Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick
http://ranger.befunk.com/


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