Date: 28 Oct 1997 06:47:27 -0000
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Subject: cvs commit: apachen/src PORTING CHANGES
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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
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/src/PORTING,v
  retrieving revision 1.15
  retrieving revision 1.16
  diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
  --- 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:
   =======
  
  
  
  1.479     +4 -0      apachen/src/CHANGES
  
  Index: CHANGES
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/src/CHANGES,v
  retrieving revision 1.478
  retrieving revision 1.479
  diff -u -r1.478 -r1.479
  --- CHANGES	1997/10/27 19:10:32	1.478
  +++ CHANGES	1997/10/28 06:47:25	1.479
  @@ -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