At 12:01 AM 5/16/2002, Aaron Bannert wrote: >On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:55:07PM -0700, Jon Travis wrote: > > Apache uses PCRE for a few regexp operations, but external modules which > > try to use other symbols (such as get_substring) el-kabong because Apache > > isn't importing it. > > > > So, should: > > > > a) all these modules be linking in all of the PCRE symbols into themselves > > > > or > > > > b) Apache include PCRE symbols as part of the exports.c 'hack' variables. > > > > > > I personally prefer 'b'. > >I think b's the way to go. > >An alternative might be to make PCRE a shared object where we provide >the headers...
I prefer the alternative immeasurably. I have as many issues about this complaint as I would have about folks not being able to use raw SDBM or XML symbols in libaprutil. If we build libpcre.so, I think everyone would be content. Option a. above is the rule, today, if you want predictable builds across all platforms. Option b. above is inexcusably crufty :-) Bill
