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Christian Birchinger wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:23:28PM +0200, Patrick Kursawe wrote: |
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>>I just added bzlib and pcre as local USE flags for dev-lang/R - |
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>>there are three packages now that use the pcre USE flag, perhaps |
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>>it should be made global? |
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>>If there are no objections, I'll do so on monday. |
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> I think grep supports pcre too using the -P switch, if not |
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> disabled a compile time (like Gentoo does). |
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> It's mostly disabled in Gentoo because grep is a basic tool |
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> in /bin while libpcre is located in /usr/lib. Some distribution |
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> like Slackware link pcre staticaly into grep for that reason. |
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> So i don't know if the maintainer wants to add a pcre useflag |
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> to grep. |
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See bug 1638 for why this was disabled in the first place. |
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I should also point out that installing libpcre gives you |
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/usr/bin/pcregrep, which should work exactly like grep -P. |
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> Christian |
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-- Jason Rhinelander |
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-- Gossamer Threads, Inc. |
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