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Diffstat (limited to 'src/posix_regex.h')
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diff --git a/src/posix_regex.h b/src/posix_regex.h index 421ffeba1..9b9ca94e8 100644 --- a/src/posix_regex.h +++ b/src/posix_regex.h @@ -37,8 +37,21 @@ #else +/* + * PCRE2's header defines just the basic names but that means that we'll link + * against libc's version while using PCRE2's struct definitions, leading to + * crashes. To work around this, package maintainers have added prefixes to the + * exported functions so we can link against them. + * + * But the definitions in the header are still of the basic names so we need to + * tell the compiler/linker to replace these names when linking. + */ # if defined(GIT_REGEX_PCRE2) # include <pcre2posix.h> +# pragma redefine_extname regerror PCRE2regerror +# pragma redefine_extname regexec PCRE2regexec +# pragma redefine_extname regfree PCRE2regfree +# pragma redefine_extname regcomp PCRE2regcomp # elif defined(GIT_REGEX_PCRE) # include <pcreposix.h> # else |