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From: "Allan" <mu8ja0i AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject: Re: PCRE 8.02 installation difficulty - overcome inelegently
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"Andris Pavenis" <andris DOT pavenis AT iki DOT fi> wrote in message 
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> On 06/25/2010 03:56 AM, Allan wrote:
>> I installed PCRE 8.02 without changing the C source code at all but I
>> did have to edit `config.status' in the top level source code
>> directory. There is a problem in the PCRE 8.02 `configure' script but
>> I was able to run it in one iteration and then create the makefiles by
>> running the `config.status' script after manual editing. It builds
>> cleanly but four of five tests fail. The one line of code in the
>> script that has to be fixed manually is to assign `\r' instead of the
>> null string to `ac_cr' . I have 2.04 beta with all updates on Windows
>> SP SP3. My external Perl is AS ActivePerl version 1007.
>>
> Known bug in some versions of autoconf. See attached script for building
> MPFR for example how to workaround the problem (and possibly
> additionally build a packages for DJGPP distribution).
They released version 8.10 last week Friday ; it does not have the same 
problem I encountered with 8.02. I may have the build script already if it 
is the one included in the MPFR distribution source code package. I will 
definitely have a look at it.