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authorMatthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>2016-02-27 15:00:32 +0000
committerMatthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>2016-02-27 15:00:32 +0000
commit5fc77543f854bbe609407e8f2d54d906faad2883 (patch)
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parentc27ff5607e8146d7dcacf9ab7c25a931f14e1fbd (diff)
Imported Upstream version 10.21
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@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ library. They are also documented in the pcre2build man page.
restrict \R to match only CR, LF, or CRLF. You can make this the default by
adding --enable-bsr-anycrlf to the "configure" command (bsr = "backslash R").
+. In a pattern, the escape sequence \C matches a single code unit, even in a
+ UTF mode. This can be dangerous because it breaks up multi-code-unit
+ characters. You can build PCRE2 with the use of \C permanently locked out by
+ adding --enable-never-backslash-C (note the upper case C) to the "configure"
+ command. When \C is allowed by the library, individual applications can lock
+ it out by calling pcre2_compile() with the PCRE2_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C option.
+
. PCRE2 has a counter that limits the depth of nesting of parentheses in a
pattern. This limits the amount of system stack that a pattern uses when it
is compiled. The default is 250, but you can change it by setting, for
@@ -724,6 +731,7 @@ The distribution should contain the files listed below.
src/pcre2_context.c )
src/pcre2_dfa_match.c )
src/pcre2_error.c )
+ src/pcre2_find_bracket.c )
src/pcre2_jit_compile.c )
src/pcre2_jit_match.c ) sources for the functions in the library,
src/pcre2_jit_misc.c ) and some internal functions that they use
@@ -832,4 +840,4 @@ The distribution should contain the files listed below.
Philip Hazel
Email local part: ph10
Email domain: cam.ac.uk
-Last updated: 24 April 2015
+Last updated: 16 October 2015