On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:29 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I noticed Grep offers these two autoconf options (and friends): > > --with-libiconv-prefix > --with-libintl-prefix > > Configure does not complain when they are used. > > However, when I check link dependencies with ldd: > > $ ldd /usr/local/bin/grep > linux-vdso.so.1 > libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 > libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 > libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 > /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > > There seems to be no iConv dependencies, but there does seem to be > PCRE dependencies. (It may be time to bump to PCRE2 since PCRE is > end-of-life and the sources have some undefined behavior present). > > If I use --with-libpcre-prefix, then I get an autoconf warning: > > WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-libpcre-prefix > > It looks like something is a bit sideways.
Hi Jeffrey, Thanks for investigating. I haven't looked at the --with-libiconv-prefix or --with-libintl-prefix issues, but PCRE2 (overdue, indeed) is on our radar. I expect that the switch to it will happen soon. That may serve as impetus for the next release.
