Switch the default PCRE from v1 to v2 + configure fixes
cover Switch the default PCRE from v1 to v2 + configure fixes
This small series makes USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease mean USE_LIBPCRE2=YesPlease, instead of USE_LIBPCRE1=YesPlease is it does now. Along the way I fixed a couple of minor issues in the PCRE detection in the autoconf script.
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configure: fix a regression in PCRE v1 detection
configure: detect redundant --with-libpcre & --with-libpcre1
Makefile: make USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease mean v2, not v1
Makefile | 26 +++++++++++++------------- configure.ac | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
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PATCH 1/3 configure: fix a regression in PCRE v1 detection
Change the check for PCRE v1 to disable the --with-libpcre1 option if the pcre_version() function can't be found in the pcre library. I unintentionally changed this in my 94da9193a6 ("grep: add support for PCRE v2", 2017-06-01) while renaming moving some variables.
The intent of this check ever since it was added in a119f91e57 ("configure: Check for libpcre", 2011-05-09) is to second-guess the user and turn off an explicitly provided --with-libpcre if the library can't be found.
I don't think that behavior makes any sense, we shouldn't be second-guessing the user with an auto-detection, but changing that needs a bigger refactoring of this script, and only has marginal benefits. So let's fix it to work as it was intended to work again.
--- configure.ac | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
configure.ac +2 -2
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE1"; then GIT_STASH_FLAGS($LIBPCREDIR) AC_CHECK_LIB([pcre], [pcre_version], -[USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease], -[USE_LIBPCRE=]) +[USE_LIBPCRE1=YesPlease], +[USE_LIBPCRE1=]) GIT_UNSTASH_FLAGS($LIBPCREDIR)
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PATCH 2/3 configure: detect redundant --with-libpcre & --with-libpcre1
In reply to Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonThe --with-libpcre option is a synonym for the --with-libpcre1 flag, but the configure script allowed for redundantly specifying both.
Nothing broke as a result of this, but it's confusing, so let's disallow it.
--- configure.ac | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
configure.ac +4 -0
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre],[synonym for --with-libpcre1]), AC_ARG_WITH(libpcre1, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre1],[support Perl-compatible regexes via libpcre1 (default is NO)]) AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be also prefix for libpcre library and headers]), + if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE1"; then + AC_MSG_ERROR([Only supply one of --with-libpcre or its synonym --with-libpcre1!]) + fi + if test "$withval" = "no"; then USE_LIBPCRE1= elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
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PATCH 3/3 Makefile: make USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease mean v2, not v1
In reply to Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonChange the USE_LIBPCRE flag from being an alias for USE_LIBPCRE1 to being an alias for USE_LIBPCRE2.
When support for v2 was added in my 94da9193a6 ("grep: add support for PCRE v2", 2017-06-01) the existing USE_LIBPCRE flag was left as meaning v1, with a note that this would likely change in a future release. That optional support for v2 first made it into Git version 2.14.0.
The PCRE v2 support has been shown to be stable, and the upstream PCRE project is highly encouraging downstream users to move to v2, so it makes sense to give packagers of Git who haven't heard the news about PCRE v2 a further nudge to move to v2.
--- Makefile | 26 +++++++++++++------------- configure.ac | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
Makefile +13 -13
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ all:: # Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended # POSIX regular expressions. # -# Currently USE_LIBPCRE is a synonym for USE_LIBPCRE1, define -# USE_LIBPCRE2 instead if you'd like to use version 2 of the PCRE -# library. The USE_LIBPCRE flag will likely be changed to mean v2 by -# default in future releases. +# USE_LIBPCRE is a synonym for USE_LIBPCRE2, define USE_LIBPCRE1 +# instead if you'd like to use the legacy version 1 of the PCRE +# library. Support for version 1 will likely be removed in some future +# release of Git, as upstream has all but abandoned it. # # When using USE_LIBPCRE1, define NO_LIBPCRE1_JIT if the PCRE v1 # library is compiled without --enable-jit. We will auto-detect
@@ -1164,13 +1164,18 @@ ifdef NO_LIBGEN_H COMPAT_OBJS += compat/basename.o endif -USE_LIBPCRE1 ?= $(USE_LIBPCRE) +USE_LIBPCRE2 ?= $(USE_LIBPCRE) -ifneq (,$(USE_LIBPCRE1)) - ifdef USE_LIBPCRE2 -$(error Only set USE_LIBPCRE1 (or its alias USE_LIBPCRE) or USE_LIBPCRE2, not both!) +ifneq (,$(USE_LIBPCRE2)) + ifdef USE_LIBPCRE1 +$(error Only set USE_LIBPCRE2 (or its alias USE_LIBPCRE) or USE_LIBPCRE1, not both!) endif + BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_LIBPCRE2 + EXTLIBS += -lpcre2-8 +endif + +ifdef USE_LIBPCRE1 BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_LIBPCRE1 EXTLIBS += -lpcre
@@ -1179,11 +1184,6 @@ ifdef NO_LIBPCRE1_JIT endif endif -ifdef USE_LIBPCRE2 - BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_LIBPCRE2 - EXTLIBS += -lpcre2-8 -endif - ifdef LIBPCREDIR BASIC_CFLAGS += -I$(LIBPCREDIR)/include EXTLIBS += -L$(LIBPCREDIR)/$(lib) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(LIBPCREDIR)/$(lib)
configure.ac +13 -13
@@ -254,25 +254,25 @@ GIT_PARSE_WITH([openssl])) # Perl-compatible regular expressions instead of standard or extended # POSIX regular expressions. # -# Currently USE_LIBPCRE is a synonym for USE_LIBPCRE1, define -# USE_LIBPCRE2 instead if you'd like to use version 2 of the PCRE -# library. The USE_LIBPCRE flag will likely be changed to mean v2 by -# default in future releases. +# USE_LIBPCRE is a synonym for USE_LIBPCRE2, define USE_LIBPCRE1 +# instead if you'd like to use the legacy version 1 of the PCRE +# library. Support for version 1 will likely be removed in some future +# release of Git, as upstream has all but abandoned it. # # Define LIBPCREDIR=/foo/bar if your PCRE header and library files are in # /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories. # AC_ARG_WITH(libpcre, -AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre],[synonym for --with-libpcre1]), +AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre],[synonym for --with-libpcre2]), if test "$withval" = "no"; then - USE_LIBPCRE1= + USE_LIBPCRE2= elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then - USE_LIBPCRE1=YesPlease + USE_LIBPCRE2=YesPlease else - USE_LIBPCRE1=YesPlease + USE_LIBPCRE2=YesPlease LIBPCREDIR=$withval AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting LIBPCREDIR to $LIBPCREDIR]) - dnl USE_LIBPCRE1 can still be modified below, so don't substitute + dnl USE_LIBPCRE2 can still be modified below, so don't substitute dnl it yet. GIT_CONF_SUBST([LIBPCREDIR]) fi)
@@ -280,10 +280,6 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre],[synonym for --with-libpcre1]), AC_ARG_WITH(libpcre1, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre1],[support Perl-compatible regexes via libpcre1 (default is NO)]) AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be also prefix for libpcre library and headers]), - if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE1"; then - AC_MSG_ERROR([Only supply one of --with-libpcre or its synonym --with-libpcre1!]) - fi - if test "$withval" = "no"; then USE_LIBPCRE1= elif test "$withval" = "yes"; then
@@ -300,6 +296,10 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be also prefix for libpcre library and hea AC_ARG_WITH(libpcre2, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libpcre2],[support Perl-compatible regexes via libpcre2 (default is NO)]) AS_HELP_STRING([], [ARG can be also prefix for libpcre library and headers]), + if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE2"; then + AC_MSG_ERROR([Only supply one of --with-libpcre or its synonym --with-libpcre2!]) + fi + if test -n "$USE_LIBPCRE1"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([Only supply one of --with-libpcre1 or --with-libpcre2!]) fi
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Quoted 5 lines · Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
This small series makes USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease mean USE_LIBPCRE2=YesPlease, instead of USE_LIBPCRE1=YesPlease is it does now. Along the way I fixed a couple of minor issues in the PCRE detection in the autoconf script.
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (3):
configure: fix a regression in PCRE v1 detection
configure: detect redundant --with-libpcre & --with-libpcre1
Makefile: make USE_LIBPCRE=YesPlease mean v2, not v1Makefile | 26 +++++++++++++------------- configure.ac | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
Makes sense. Will queue.