Re: [cocci] Pre-compiled spatch links against EOL PCRE version

Julia Lawall <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:57:51 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Work on PCRE2 has been completed - I've finished what Olaf's started.
> >
> > The patch is on master (b231de0db). Feel free to send feedback if you notice any issues once this becomes a release.
>
> Thanks for another remarkable software development progress.
>
> Unfortunately, I would miss further improvements for the software build system so far.
> https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/commit/b231de0db3f9513f6ea936caea5428fe627af1b9
>
> I tried also to influence corresponding adjustments somehow.
> Will development interests grow accordingly?

If you want something to change, could you please explain what should
change, or better yet provide a patch?  "miss further improvements" gives
no information about what should be done.

julia