Re: Mutt compilation using Clang 22

"Kevin J. McCarthy" <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Jun 2026 06:48:34 +0800

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On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 03:19:10PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>On 2026-06-03 15:08:08 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>> This is regex.c, which is enabled only when "your system's regexp
>> library is completely broken" (configure.ac).
>
>BTW, the INSTALL file contains:
>
>--with-bundled-regex
>        use bundled GNU regex instead of local regexp routines.  Many systems
>        don't have the POSIX compliant regcomp/regexec/regfree
>        routines, so this provides a way to support them.
>
>This was already there in the initial revision in 1998 (and has only
>been slightly modified):
>
>--with-rx
>        use GNU rx instead of local regexp routines.  Many systems don't
>        have the POSIX compliant regcomp/regexec/regfree routines, so this
>        provides a way to support them.
>
>This is probably obsolete and misleading.

I'll fix this to say "Very old systems don't have..." in 2.5.0.  Thanks, 
Vincent.

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