Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-11 Thread Rob Landley
On 11/10/20 6:02 PM, enh wrote: >> He can't tell you what your _objectives_ are, but if you want libc host >> compatibility domain expertise, that's the guy who knows where the bodies are >> buried. > > no, it's actually stuff like "non-Android keeps its list of users in > /etc/passwd" > > and

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-10 Thread enh via Toybox
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 12:54 AM Rob Landley wrote: > > On 11/5/20 6:12 PM, enh wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 6:40 PM Rob Landley wrote: > >> > >> On 11/2/20 1:55 PM, enh wrote: > >>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:12 PM Rob Landley wrote: > On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: >

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-10 Thread Rob Landley
On 11/5/20 6:12 PM, enh wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 6:40 PM Rob Landley wrote: >> >> On 11/2/20 1:55 PM, enh wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:12 PM Rob Landley wrote: On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: > One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-05 Thread enh via Toybox
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 6:40 PM Rob Landley wrote: > > On 11/2/20 1:55 PM, enh wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:12 PM Rob Landley wrote: > >> On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: > >>> One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior across > >>> Android/Linux/macOS.

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-02 Thread Rob Landley
On 11/2/20 1:55 PM, enh wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:12 PM Rob Landley wrote: >> On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: >>> One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior across >>> Android/Linux/macOS. Unfortunately (as we've seen from a few bugs) one >>> area where

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-11-02 Thread enh via Toybox
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:12 PM Rob Landley wrote: > > > > On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: > > One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior across > > Android/Linux/macOS. Unfortunately (as we've seen from a few bugs) one > > area where that doesn't quite work is

Re: [Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-10-30 Thread Rob Landley
On 10/28/20 7:06 PM, enh via Toybox wrote: > One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior across > Android/Linux/macOS. Unfortunately (as we've seen from a few bugs) one > area where that doesn't quite work is that toybox uses the libc regular > expression implementation.

[Toybox] [PATCH] Make it easier to switch regex implementations.

2020-10-28 Thread enh via Toybox
One reason to use toybox on the host is to get the same behavior across Android/Linux/macOS. Unfortunately (as we've seen from a few bugs) one area where that doesn't quite work is that toybox uses the libc regular expression implementation. That's fine, and mostly what users want, but those folks