From kfm-devel  Fri Nov 09 03:25:48 2001
From: Michael Bedy <mjbedy () mediaone ! net>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 03:25:48 +0000
To: kfm-devel
Subject: Pcre checkin
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kfm-devel&m=100527543406899


  Hi,

  I'm getting ready to check in the changes for using the PCRE native
interface. It does not yet include any error checking, but the old code
didn't do any either. What it does is allow full(?) compatability with the
JavaScript regular expression standard. The old POSIX code still works if
you don't have PCRE.

  Sorry it took so long, but I've had both build problems (which turned
out to need a debian reinstall to fix) and hardware probles (strange
BIOS/Sound Card interaction.) Now that everything seems to be stable again
I'm hoping to do a few things in the next week:

   - Add better (i.e., any) error handling to the code.
   - Change the configure stuff to bail unless the user EITHER has pcre
     installed OR has specified --disable-pcre on the configure line.
   - Actually learn JavaScript.

  If someone feels bored and knows how autoconf/automake work I would be
MORE than happy to let them do the second item on that list.  I'm a long
way from an autoconf guru.

  Thanks,
    - Mike