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commit ee2ff82cba61cb45970326e08dbfc0cebe05b4bc
Author: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 5 22:35:28 2015 -0400

    Correct comments about the history of <regexp.h>
    
    In the "Kill regexp.h" thread, Joseph dug up more accurate information
    about exactly which editions of the Single Unix Standard included and
    deprecated this header.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cb9124e..82331d5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-08-05  Zack Weinberg  <zackw@panix.com>
+
+	* misc/regexp.h: Update comments.
+
 2015-08-05  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@systemhalted.org>
 
 	* version.h (RELEASE): Set to "stable".
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4c31de7..43dcfdb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Version 2.22
   release.  Use of this header will trigger a deprecation warning.
   Application developers should update their code to use <regex.h> instead.
 
-  This header was formerly part of SUSv2, but was deprecated in 1997 and
+  This header was formerly part of SUS, but was deprecated in 1994 and
   removed from the standard in 2001.  Also, the glibc implementation
   leaks memory.  See BZ#18681 for more details.
 
diff --git a/misc/regexp.h b/misc/regexp.h
index 3460989..42394f7 100644
--- a/misc/regexp.h
+++ b/misc/regexp.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #ifndef _REGEXP_H
 #define _REGEXP_H	1
 
-/* The contents of this header file were standardized in the
-   Single Unix Specification, Version 2 (1997) but marked as
-   LEGACY; new applications were already being encouraged to
-   use <regex.h> instead.  POSIX.1-2001 removed this header.
+/* The contents of this header file were originally standardized in
+   the Single Unix Specification, Issue 3 (1992).  In Issue 4 (1994)
+   the header was marked as TO BE WITHDRAWN, and new applications
+   were encouraged to use <regex.h> instead.  It was officially
+   withdrawn from the standard in Issue 6 (aka POSIX.1-2001).
 
    This header is provided only for backward compatibility.
    It will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library.

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog     |    4 ++++
 NEWS          |    2 +-
 misc/regexp.h |    9 +++++----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


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