Thank you Michael for uploading the patched version. I've tested the package in trusty and wily and the bug is fixed in both.
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pcre3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1456195 Title: Zero-minimum possessive groups does not match empty string Status in pcre3 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in pcre3 source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in pcre3 source package in Wily: Fix Committed Status in pcre3 source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: The 14.04/15.04 pcre version doesn't match some inputs with possessive qualfiers: $ echo '"a"'|pcregrep '("([^b"]*+(b.)?)*+")*+' $ Earlier versions (10.04, 12.04): $ echo '"a"'|pcregrep '("([^b"]*+(b.)?)*+")*+' "a" $ this is fixed with the following upstream commit (that applies cleanly to the 15.04 pcre): http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1478 https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20140527.131833.2fd7547c.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/+bug/1456195/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
