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authorZack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>2015-08-05 22:35:28 -0400
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2015-08-05 22:38:22 -0400
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Correct comments about the history of <regexp.h>
In the "Kill regexp.h" thread, Joseph dug up more accurate information
about exactly which editions of the Single Unix Standard included and
deprecated this header.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/misc/regexp.h b/misc/regexp.h
index 346098945d..42394f78cf 100644
--- a/misc/regexp.h
+++ b/misc/regexp.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #ifndef _REGEXP_H
 #define _REGEXP_H	1
 
-/* The contents of this header file were standardized in the
-   Single Unix Specification, Version 2 (1997) but marked as
-   LEGACY; new applications were already being encouraged to
-   use <regex.h> instead.  POSIX.1-2001 removed this header.
+/* The contents of this header file were originally standardized in
+   the Single Unix Specification, Issue 3 (1992).  In Issue 4 (1994)
+   the header was marked as TO BE WITHDRAWN, and new applications
+   were encouraged to use <regex.h> instead.  It was officially
+   withdrawn from the standard in Issue 6 (aka POSIX.1-2001).
 
    This header is provided only for backward compatibility.
    It will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library.