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diff --git a/doc/pcre2.txt b/doc/pcre2.txt index 365ecc4..61855f1 100644 --- a/doc/pcre2.txt +++ b/doc/pcre2.txt @@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 17 September 2018 Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2API(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2API(3) @@ -3829,8 +3829,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 04 November 2020 Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2BUILD(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2BUILD(3) @@ -4423,8 +4423,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 20 March 2020 Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2CALLOUT(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2CALLOUT(3) @@ -4853,8 +4853,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 03 February 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2COMPAT(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2COMPAT(3) @@ -5066,8 +5066,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 06 October 2020 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2JIT(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2JIT(3) @@ -5491,8 +5491,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 23 May 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2LIMITS(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2LIMITS(3) @@ -5561,8 +5561,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 02 February 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2MATCHING(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2MATCHING(3) @@ -5785,8 +5785,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 23 May 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2PARTIAL(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2PARTIAL(3) @@ -6165,8 +6165,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 04 September 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2PATTERN(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2PATTERN(3) @@ -9613,8 +9613,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 06 October 2020 Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2PERFORM(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2PERFORM(3) @@ -9848,8 +9848,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 03 February 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2POSIX(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2POSIX(3) @@ -9895,11 +9895,15 @@ DESCRIPTION an application. Because the POSIX functions call the native ones, it is also necessary to add -lpcre2-8. - Although they are not defined as protypes in pcre2posix.h, the library - does contain functions with the POSIX names regcomp() etc. These simply - pass their arguments to the PCRE2 functions. These functions are pro- - vided for backwards compatibility with earlier versions of PCRE2, so - that existing programs do not have to be recompiled. + Although they were not defined as protypes in pcre2posix.h, releases + 10.33 to 10.36 of the library contained functions with the POSIX names + regcomp() etc. These simply passed their arguments to the PCRE2 func- + tions. These functions were provided for backwards compatibility with + earlier versions of PCRE2, which had only POSIX names. However, this + has proved troublesome in situations where a program links with several + libraries, some of which use PCRE2's POSIX interface while others use + the real POSIX functions. For this reason, the POSIX names have been + removed since release 10.37. Calling the header file pcre2posix.h avoids any conflict with other POSIX libraries. It can, of course, be renamed or aliased as regex.h, @@ -10175,11 +10179,11 @@ AUTHOR REVISION - Last updated: 30 January 2019 - Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. + Last updated: 26 April 2021 + Copyright (c) 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2SAMPLE(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2SAMPLE(3) @@ -10457,8 +10461,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 27 June 2018 Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2SYNTAX(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2SYNTAX(3) @@ -10973,8 +10977,8 @@ REVISION Last updated: 28 December 2019 Copyright (c) 1997-2019 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + PCRE2UNICODE(3) Library Functions Manual PCRE2UNICODE(3) @@ -11408,5 +11412,5 @@ REVISION Last updated: 23 February 2020 Copyright (c) 1997-2020 University of Cambridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - + + |