From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, gdb@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 18:31:00 -0000
Message-id: <si1yovn4f7.fsf@daffy.airs.com>
References: <200106080127.VAA01308@greed.delorie.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00038.html

DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:

> [More lists added to get a wider audience]
> 
> I didn't get a clear feeling about what people wanted wrt this.  I saw
> three people propose three versions of regex, not much to go on.  Is
> this a big deal?  Will it really get used by everyone who currently
> has their own regex?  Is it important to try to use a BSD-licensed
> regex to minimize future problems?
> 
> The two contenders seem to be a modified GNU regex and the
> ever-popular Henry Spencer's regex.  Does anyone have any strong
> opinions for either of these, or against any regex in libiberty at
> all?

gdb already ships with gnu-regex.c.  Why not just move that to
libiberty?

I can't see any reason for a BSD-licensed regex in libiberty.
libiberty already GPL code.

Ian