Re: [gentoo-user] Major problems with libpcre / UTF8

[Jack]

On 2022.12.15 15:52, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I just finished solving my babl problems, but more stuff shows up in
> libpcre.  First, here are my USE flags.  I don't see "utf8" anywhere.
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R    ] dev-libs/libpcre-8.45-r1:3::gentoo  USE="bzip2 cxx
> jit readline (split-usr) (unicode) zlib -libedit -pcre16 -pcre32
> -static-libs" 0 KiB
>
>   Can someone give me their output from "emerge -pv1 dev-libs/libpcre"
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] dev-libs/libpcre-8.45-r1:3::gentoo  USE="bzip2 cxx jit  
readline (split-usr) static-libs (unicode) zlib -libedit -pcre16  
-pcre32" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB

and for mc:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] app-misc/mc-4.8.28-r2::gentoo  USE="X edit gpm slang  
spell unicode -nls -sftp -test" 0 KiB
>
> mc (Midnight Commander) spews out a lot of...
mc gives me no complaints.
>
> (mc:5796): GLib-CRITICAL **: 15:19:15.617: PCRE library is compiled
> without UTF8 support
>
>   Application windows have every second character missing in the
> window
> title; e.g. "xterm" shows as "xem".  I have a spreasheet that tracks
> my
> Presto card usage.  The title has gone from
> "presto.gnumeric-Gnumeric" to
> "pet.nmrc-Guei'.  Various PCRE-based searches fail in vaious apps.
> HELP!
>
>   BTW, here's what I get when opening a complex spreadsheet in
> gnumeric...
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^((January)|(February)|(March)|(April)|(May)|(June)|(July)|(August)|(September)|(October)|(November)|(December)|(Jan)|(Feb)|(Mar)|(Apr)|(May)|(Jun)|(Jul)|(Aug)|(Sep)|(Oct)|(Nov)|(Dec))(-|/|\s)(\d+)((,?\s+|-|/)(\d+))?\b":
> Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d+)(-|/|\.?\s*)((January)|(February)|(March)|(April)|(May)|(June)|(July)|(August)|(September)|(October)|(November)|(December)|(Jan)|(Feb)|(Mar)|(Apr)|(May)|(Jun)|(Jul)|(Aug)|(Sep)|(Oct)|(Nov)|(Dec))((,?\s*|-|/)(\d+))?\b":
> Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)(:\d\d\d\d\d\d(\.\d*)?)?\s*$": Invalid
> pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d\d\d\d)(-?)(\d\d)\2(\d\d)T\d+(:?)\d+(\5\d+(\.\d*)?)?(Z)\s*$":
> Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d\d\d\d)[-/.](\d+)[-/.](\d+)\b": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d\d\d\d)[-/.]((Jan)|(Feb)|(Mar)|(Apr)|(May)|(Jun)|(Jul)|(Aug)|(Sep)|(Oct)|(Nov)|(Dec))[-/.](\d+)\b":
> Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d+)[-/.](\d+)[-/.](\d+)\b": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d+)([-/.])(\d+)\b": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(((\d+):)?(\d+):)?(\d+\.\d*)\s*$": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d+):(\d+)(:(\d+))?\s*$": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)?(\.\d*)?\s*$": Invalid pattern.
>
>
> ** (gnumeric:6043): WARNING **: 15:48:22.501: Failed to compile rx
> "^(\d+)(:(\d+)(:(\d+(\.\d*)?))?)?\s*((am)|(pm))\s*$": Invalid pattern.
>
>
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