From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292C8207EC for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 19:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753368AbcJFTSw (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:18:52 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f182.google.com ([209.85.220.182]:32960 "EHLO mail-qk0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751230AbcJFTSv (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:18:51 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-f182.google.com with SMTP id n189so24873021qke.0 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:18:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=PstPhwnYmhn5OeASImBXA25Iq6i6zqRZNWLYX1+BjZM=; b=yiLUj6CIOm3NJ/ZkoHc6qVgsOq5o1dUSdv56M9AA0RT6yN0ErOeZt5cXRwrqry39Ch hPGN6JbSztAGQbcG1iB2lZmnaMIXzqyZ46aBca4+3mNhRa43jG1hWX/GfzD37St0QoyJ AQjpwcTMzfmiwgemr7ia+BN8mNco0vlaTksXaxYxrCCycyJPSLxxlK6N43BcKjj+z6Cw BYMcIzEx8eoUfJ2bTSClecTlkHReB1c+Xgd94TjQKaW84bBqD+B+elI0RQgyq/uhes21 DEfattzQXZtyuVAskiCEyd9fFpxX2wm/gXXab9TaEUCqpWsvuf7LswIbMzPpWE/0RhWd WOIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=PstPhwnYmhn5OeASImBXA25Iq6i6zqRZNWLYX1+BjZM=; b=gGSxGPwRfY9GPnvcjCiVQ9PziajDV0dGoaFSq0C6G5B7/bLJ/jdPBWf2+FPTWlgLUK dQMScW7ARO2opopd0qhXeOlHa/fI6i+EmnrMekJEgAXLQ6fhzA8kETV2LC5rdFilhP1g OXCy2gK4I9AL8aYUlH+ZiXMdcYEVeGacUAumq1aCATR3PZJJeaR+N/MZDyKGR8AcgrVb ZOQxMaOoVm6yIN7Ztez4NtKjAMxv200ioLpCQuydBS+XGVZZTmmJMk8WMkZjH/IhB5SS WAVHePGtOT/+C17fbRQY4Q/JpPoLwq0rb2L3US8iZotIm8NRSSC6DcNzUlAqzbG4KClb 3egA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RnMbn8HP1XR4I0moUhocbnJ58LtvKBY4GgfmFmS9LU6HmjkLjh97ee7Xn/123xFRYtgfyA6R4c0TluiiQ== X-Received: by 10.55.182.4 with SMTP id g4mr15247907qkf.120.1475781530488; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:18:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.55.87.133 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 12:18:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20161004150848.GA7949@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <20161004152722.ex2nox43oj5ak4yi@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161004154045.GT19318@brightrain.aerifal.cx> From: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 21:18:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Regression: git no longer works with musl libc's regex impl To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Rich Felker , Jeff King , Git , musl@lists.openwall.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > As to making NO_REGEX conditional on REG_STARTEND: you are talking about > apples and oranges here. NO_REGEX is a Makefile flag, while REG_STARTEND > is a C preprocessor macro. > > Unless you can convince the rest of the Git developers (you would not > convince me) to simulate autoconf by compiling an executable every time > `make` is run, to determine whether REG_STARTEND is defined, this is a > no-go. But just to clarify, does anyone have any objection to making our configure.ac compile a C program to check for this sort of thing? Because that seems like the easiest solution to this class of problem.