[PATCH] regex: fix for kernel cross-compile

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Mon Jun 11 21:28:00 GMT 2012


On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 03:58:36PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>The attached patch fixes the issue I reported previously:
>
>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-06/msg00161.html
>
>According to POSIX[1], a '|' following '(' produces undefined results. 
>However, glibc and PCRE both allow the regex in question, so there is 
>basis for omitting this error.  I believe this is the last issue which 
>needs to be fixed within Cygwin to allow cross-compiling the Linux kernel.

Looks ok.  Please check in.

Thanks.

cgf



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