dgaudet 97/10/27 22:47:27
Modified: src PORTING CHANGES
Log:
Document the WANTHSREGEX change.
Revision Changes Path
1.16 +7 -2 apachen/src/PORTING
Index: PORTING
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RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/src/PORTING,v
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--- PORTING 1997/10/27 19:10:34 1.15
+++ PORTING 1997/10/28 06:47:24 1.16
@@ -116,8 +116,13 @@
below]) to handle OS-specific code. Each code that has and requires
such OS-specific code will require a unique "system cookie" defined
in 'CFLAGS'. You will also note that Configure also goes ahead and
-predefines the LIBS and LDFLAGS Makefile variables (DEF_WANTHSREGEX is
-explained below).
+predefines the LIBS and LDFLAGS Makefile variables.
+
+DEF_WANTHSREGEX indicates the "default" setting of the WANTHSREGEX rule.
+If left undefined it'll default to yes. Yes means the src/regex/
+directory, containing Henry Spencer's regex library will be used rather
+than any system supplied regex. It's been our experience that system
+supplied regex libraries are generally buggy, and to be avoided.
conf.h:
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1.479 +4 -0 apachen/src/CHANGES
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RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/src/CHANGES,v
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--- CHANGES 1997/10/27 19:10:32 1.478
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
Changes with Apache 1.3b3
+ *) PORT: All ports which don't otherwise define DEF_WANTHSREGEX will
+ get Spencer regex by default. This is to avoid having to
+ discover bugs in operating system libraries. [Dean Gaudet]
+
*) PORT: "Fix" PR#467 by generating warnings on systems which we have
not been able to get working USE_*_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT settings for.
Document this a bit more in src/PORTING. [Dean Gaudet] PR#467
