On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:36 AM Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> wrote: > 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.
Actually, PCRE2 is no longer an immediate priority. The cost/value ratio seems too high for now, so unless someone else does the work it's unlikely to change.
