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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index ac6bde6..7c2dab0 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ libpcre for debian ------------------ +This is the older PCRE library (called "PCRE" upstream); you should +use the pcre2 packages (called "PCRE2" upstream) for new projects, and +aim to migrate existing projects to pcre2. Upstream is hoping to drop +support for pcre3 in the near future. + Upstream's library version is much lower than Debian's - PCRE_LIB_VERSION=0:1:0 instead of 13:0:10 (soname libpcre.so.0 instead of libpcre.so.3) @@ -9,3 +14,4 @@ with "pcreposix_". This is required so they don't clash with the ones in libc. Suitable #defines have been added to pcreposix.h so that the unprefixed names can be used. + -- Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>, Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:54:21 +0100 |