Bug#295666: regex.7.gz: The [[::]] and [[::]] word boundary regexps are not supported

looks like the manpage needs an adjustment, or at least a note when the GNU libc is used. Hi Joey, What does looks like mean. Did you research this, or just leave it to me? (I have limited time...) FWIW, as far as I can tell (from reading the regcomp source), it looks like the man page is

Bug#295666: regex.7.gz: The [[::]] and [[::]] word boundary regexps are not supported

Hi Michael, looks like the manpage needs an adjustment, or at least a note when the GNU libc is used. Regards, Joey Vincent Fourmond wrote: Package: manpages Version: 2.01-1 Severity: minor File: regex.7.gz Hello ! The regex.7.gz mentions that [[::]] and [[::]] are

Bug#295666: regex.7.gz: The [[::]] and [[::]] word boundary regexps are not supported

Package: manpages Version: 2.01-1 Severity: minor File: regex.7.gz Hello ! The regex.7.gz mentions that [[::]] and [[::]] are available to designate word boundaries. However, neither grep nor sed, which are build on the standard libc regcomp do recognise this syntax. Moreover, the