ChangeLog
2022-03-21 - Changed download URL from ftp.pcre.org to
Sourceforge
- Updated note about PCRE 8.45 being the final release
(but PCRE2 continues)
- Added version bunded with Slackware 15.0
- Fixed up the move to /lib64 part
2021-08-03 - 8.42 -> 8.45
- Web site URL http to https
- Added Subversion repository link
- Changed download URL to use https://ftp.pcre.org/
- Added libedit prerequisite link
2018-10-22 - 8.40 -> 8.42
2017-05-25 - 8.30 -> 8.40
- Updated Slackware note for 14.0, .1, and .2, removed older
than 13.37
- Removed md5sum check, added sha256sum check
- $USER -> $(logname) for chown
- Instead of removing a hard-set list of section 3 man pages
that may change, remove installed files that match up the
.3 files in ./doc/
- Instead of a hard-set list of files to remove before
'make install', actually get the list out of the pcre
package list
2012-03-04 - 8.12 -> 8.30
2011-07-10 - 7.8 -> 8.12
- Updated Slackware note for 13.0, 13.1 & 13.37,
removed 11.0 and 12.0
- Added prerequisite link for readline
- Added --enable-pcretest-libreadline configure flag
2009-02-11 - 7.6 -> 7.8
- Updated Slackware note for 12.1 and 12.2
2008-04-08 - 7.3 -> 7.6
2007-08-28 - 7.0 -> 7.3
- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007-03-14 - 6.6 -> 7.0
- Removed sed and grep links (at the top now)
- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
Feb 10, 2006 - 6.4 -> 6.6
Sep 22, 2005 - 6.1 -> 6.4
- chown -R $USER to the source after 'make install' so
your non-root user will have access to remove the source
directory later
Jun 24, 2005 - Updated Slackware note for 10.1
- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Added sha1sum verification
- Moved source directory (see note (a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
- 5.0 -> 6.1
- Added pkg-config prerquisite link
Oct 14, 2004 - 4.5 -> 5.0
- Updated Slack note for 10.0
- Added the configure flag --enable-utf8
Mar 26, 2004 - 4.4 -> 4.5
- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
- Updated notes removing old version's shared library files
Oct 21, 2003 - First entry