Bug#1000114: apache2: depends on obsolete pcre3 library

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:17:32 +0000 Matthew Vernon wrote:
> On 19/11/2021 21:46, Yadd wrote:
>
> > Sadly pcre2 does not provide /usr/bin/pcre-config, I'm unable to do this
> > change
>
> Well, there is pcre2-config, but that's a little beside the point - 
> pcre2 is not a drop-in replacement for pcre, so it is likely some code 
> work will be required, probably by upstream.

There is support for pcre2 on trunk:

 https://github.com/apache/httpd/blob/trunk/include/ap_regex.h
 https://github.com/apache/httpd/blob/trunk/server/util_pcre.c

See also:


https://helperbyte.com/questions/457338/how-to-make-pcre2-support-for-apache-24

Kind Regards,

Bas

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