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-rw-r--r--pcre/doc/html/README.txt13
-rw-r--r--pcre/doc/html/pcre.html35
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5 files changed, 73 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/pcre/doc/html/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD.txt b/pcre/doc/html/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD.txt
index cddf3e0699b..1c3da84fcaa 100644
--- a/pcre/doc/html/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD.txt
+++ b/pcre/doc/html/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
Building PCRE without using autotools
-------------------------------------
+NOTE: This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API, with
+library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the first
+release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at 10.00
+and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old libraries
+(now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but there will be
+no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2 libraries.
+
+
This document contains the following sections:
General
@@ -761,4 +769,4 @@ There is also a mirror here:
http://www.vsoft-software.com/downloads.html
==========================
-Last Updated: 14 May 2013
+Last Updated: 10 February 2015
diff --git a/pcre/doc/html/README.txt b/pcre/doc/html/README.txt
index e30bd0fd5b7..4887ebf350e 100644
--- a/pcre/doc/html/README.txt
+++ b/pcre/doc/html/README.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
README file for PCRE (Perl-compatible regular expression library)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-The latest release of PCRE is always available in three alternative formats
+NOTE: This set of files relates to PCRE releases that use the original API,
+with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the
+first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at
+10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old
+libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but
+there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2
+libraries.
+
+
+The latest release of PCRE1 is always available in three alternative formats
from:
ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-xxx.tar.gz
@@ -990,4 +999,4 @@ pcre_xxx, one with the name pcre16_xx, and a third with the name pcre32_xxx.
Philip Hazel
Email local part: ph10
Email domain: cam.ac.uk
-Last updated: 24 October 2014
+Last updated: 10 February 2015
diff --git a/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html b/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html
index c2b29aa8121..c87b1066427 100644
--- a/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html
+++ b/pcre/doc/html/pcre.html
@@ -13,13 +13,24 @@ from the original man page. If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the
man page, in case the conversion went wrong.
<br>
<ul>
-<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">INTRODUCTION</a>
-<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a>
-<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">USER DOCUMENTATION</a>
-<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">AUTHOR</a>
-<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">REVISION</a>
+<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">PLEASE TAKE NOTE</a>
+<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">INTRODUCTION</a>
+<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a>
+<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">USER DOCUMENTATION</a>
+<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">AUTHOR</a>
+<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">REVISION</a>
</ul>
-<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">INTRODUCTION</a><br>
+<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">PLEASE TAKE NOTE</a><br>
+<P>
+This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API,
+with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the
+first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at
+10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old
+libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but
+there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2
+libraries.
+</P>
+<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">INTRODUCTION</a><br>
<P>
The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl, with just a few
@@ -115,7 +126,7 @@ clashes. In some environments, it is possible to control which external symbols
are exported when a shared library is built, and in these cases the
undocumented symbols are not exported.
</P>
-<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a><br>
+<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</a><br>
<P>
If you are using PCRE in a non-UTF application that permits users to supply
arbitrary patterns for compilation, you should be aware of a feature that
@@ -149,7 +160,7 @@ against this: see the PCRE_EXTRA_MATCH_LIMIT feature in the
<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a>
page.
</P>
-<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">USER DOCUMENTATION</a><br>
+<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">USER DOCUMENTATION</a><br>
<P>
The user documentation for PCRE comprises a number of different sections. In
the "man" format, each of these is a separate "man page". In the HTML format,
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ follows:
In the "man" and HTML formats, there is also a short page for each C library
function, listing its arguments and results.
</P>
-<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br>
+<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br>
<P>
Philip Hazel
<br>
@@ -202,11 +213,11 @@ Putting an actual email address here seems to have been a spam magnet, so I've
taken it away. If you want to email me, use my two initials, followed by the
two digits 10, at the domain cam.ac.uk.
</P>
-<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
+<br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
<P>
-Last updated: 08 January 2014
+Last updated: 10 February 2015
<br>
-Copyright &copy; 1997-2014 University of Cambridge.
+Copyright &copy; 1997-2015 University of Cambridge.
<br>
<p>
Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>.
diff --git a/pcre/doc/pcre.3 b/pcre/doc/pcre.3
index 4eda404ccff..0f2837e7c06 100644
--- a/pcre/doc/pcre.3
+++ b/pcre/doc/pcre.3
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
-.TH PCRE 3 "08 January 2014" "PCRE 8.35"
+.TH PCRE 3 "10 February 2015" "PCRE 8.37"
.SH NAME
-PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
+PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions (original API)
+.SH "PLEASE TAKE NOTE"
+.rs
+.sp
+This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API,
+with library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the
+first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers starting at
+10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and libpcre2-32. The old
+libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being maintained for bug fixes, but
+there will be no new development. New projects are advised to use the new PCRE2
+libraries.
+.
+.
.SH INTRODUCTION
.rs
.sp
@@ -213,6 +225,6 @@ two digits 10, at the domain cam.ac.uk.
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 08 January 2014
-Copyright (c) 1997-2014 University of Cambridge.
+Last updated: 10 February 2015
+Copyright (c) 1997-2015 University of Cambridge.
.fi
diff --git a/pcre/doc/pcre.txt b/pcre/doc/pcre.txt
index ce27f4b3e0c..bc92e4f082d 100644
--- a/pcre/doc/pcre.txt
+++ b/pcre/doc/pcre.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ PCRE(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE(3)
NAME
- PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions
+ PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions (original API)
+
+PLEASE TAKE NOTE
+
+ This document relates to PCRE releases that use the original API, with
+ library names libpcre, libpcre16, and libpcre32. January 2015 saw the
+ first release of a new API, known as PCRE2, with release numbers start-
+ ing at 10.00 and library names libpcre2-8, libpcre2-16, and
+ libpcre2-32. The old libraries (now called PCRE1) are still being main-
+ tained for bug fixes, but there will be no new development. New
+ projects are advised to use the new PCRE2 libraries.
+
INTRODUCTION
@@ -179,8 +190,8 @@ AUTHOR
REVISION
- Last updated: 08 January 2014
- Copyright (c) 1997-2014 University of Cambridge.
+ Last updated: 10 February 2015
+ Copyright (c) 1997-2015 University of Cambridge.
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