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authorph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2009-10-05 10:59:35 +0000
committerph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15>2009-10-05 10:59:35 +0000
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Tidy up, remove trailing spaces, etc. for 8.00-RC1.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@461 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The contents of this README file are:
Shared libraries on Unix-like systems
Cross-compiling on Unix-like systems
Using HP's ANSI C++ compiler (aCC)
- Using PCRE from MySQL
+ Using PCRE from MySQL
Making new tarballs
Testing PCRE
Character tables
@@ -477,16 +477,16 @@ use the workaround of specifying the following environment variable prior to
running the "configure" script:
CXXLDFLAGS="-lstd_v2 -lCsup_v2"
-
+
Using PCRE from MySQL
---------------------
-On systems where both PCRE and MySQL are installed, it is possible to make use
-of PCRE from within MySQL, as an alternative to the built-in pattern matching.
+On systems where both PCRE and MySQL are installed, it is possible to make use
+of PCRE from within MySQL, as an alternative to the built-in pattern matching.
There is a web page that tells you how to do this:
- http://www.mysqludf.org/lib_mysqludf_preg/index.php
+ http://www.mysqludf.org/lib_mysqludf_preg/index.php
Making new tarballs
@@ -564,22 +564,32 @@ document entitled NON-UNIX-USE.]
The fourth test checks the UTF-8 support. It is not run automatically unless
PCRE is built with UTF-8 support. To do this you must set --enable-utf8 when
-running "configure". This file can be also fed directly to the perltest script,
-provided you are running Perl 5.8 or higher. (For Perl 5.6, a small patch,
-commented in the script, can be be used.)
+running "configure". This file can be also fed directly to the perltest.pl
+script, provided you are running Perl 5.8 or higher.
The fifth test checks error handling with UTF-8 encoding, and internal UTF-8
features of PCRE that are not relevant to Perl.
-The sixth test checks the support for Unicode character properties. It it not
-run automatically unless PCRE is built with Unicode property support. To to
-this you must set --enable-unicode-properties when running "configure".
+The sixth test (which is Perl-5.10 compatible) checks the support for Unicode
+character properties. It it not run automatically unless PCRE is built with
+Unicode property support. To to this you must set --enable-unicode-properties
+when running "configure".
The seventh, eighth, and ninth tests check the pcre_dfa_exec() alternative
matching function, in non-UTF-8 mode, UTF-8 mode, and UTF-8 mode with Unicode
property support, respectively. The eighth and ninth tests are not run
automatically unless PCRE is build with the relevant support.
+The tenth test checks some internal offsets and code size features; it is run
+only when the default "link size" of 2 is set (in other cases the sizes
+change).
+
+The eleventh test checks out features that are new in Perl 5.10, and the
+twelfth test checks a number internals and non-Perl features concerned with
+Unicode property support. It it not run automatically unless PCRE is built with
+Unicode property support. To to this you must set --enable-unicode-properties
+when running "configure".
+
Character tables
----------------
@@ -732,7 +742,7 @@ The distribution should contain the following files:
doc/perltest.txt plain text documentation of Perl test program
install-sh a shell script for installing files
libpcre.pc.in template for libpcre.pc for pkg-config
- libpcreposix.pc.in template for libpcreposix.pc for pkg-config
+ libpcreposix.pc.in template for libpcreposix.pc for pkg-config
libpcrecpp.pc.in template for libpcrecpp.pc for pkg-config
ltmain.sh file used to build a libtool script
missing ) common stub for a few missing GNU programs while
@@ -776,4 +786,4 @@ The distribution should contain the following files:
Philip Hazel
Email local part: ph10
Email domain: cam.ac.uk
-Last updated: 16 September 2009
+Last updated: 05 October 2009