On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 04:10:12PM +0200, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > 2016-10-13 15:34 GMT+02:00 Robert Schwebel <r.schwe...@pengutronix.de>: > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 03:22:25PM +0200, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > >> According to the glib documentation [1] (emphasis mine): > >> > >> GRegex uses the PCRE library for regular expression matching. The > >> default is to use the internal version of PCRE that is patched to use > >> GLib for memory management and Unicode handling. If you prefer to use > >> the system-supplied PCRE library you can pass the --with-pcre=system > >> option to, *but it is not recommended*. > >> > >> [1]: https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-building.html > >> > >> I see that the glib package for ptxdist has a hardcoded > >> --with-pcre=system option. Is there a reason for this? > > > > Copying libraries into one's source code and using local versions is a > > bad habbit for people who do not have full control over their system :-) > > But that's a decision that is taken by the glib developers. I mean, > wouldn't it be wise to use glib as they intend it to be used? They > explicitly mention that the internal version has been patched, and > that using the system-supplied PCRE is not recommended.
So someone probably needs to have a look at what they patched. rsc -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de
