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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | posix/regex.h | 13 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 02f4737c41..1ab3ae1d6c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2011-05-20 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> + + [BZ #11857] + * posix/regex.h: Fix comments with documentation of user-accessible + fields after compilation and describe correct free'ing of pattern + after re_compile_pattern. + Patch by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>. + 2011-05-18 Ryan S. Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com> * sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/Makefile (no-special-regs): Add -mno-vsx diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a5d803498d..745f333970 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-5-18 +GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-5-20 Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ Version 2.14 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: 386, 6420, 7101, 9730, 9732, 9809, 10138, 10149, 10157, 11257, 11258, - 11487, 11532, 11578, 11653, 11668, 11697, 11724, 11820, 11837, 11892, - 11895, 11901, 11945, 11947, 11952, 11987, 12052, 12083, 12158, 12178, - 12200, 12346, 12393, 12420, 12432, 12445, 12449, 12453, 12454, 12460, - 12469, 12489, 12509, 12510, 12511, 12518, 12527, 12541, 12545, 12551, - 12582, 12583, 12587, 12597, 12601, 12611, 12625, 12626, 12631, 12650, - 12653, 12655, 12660, 12681, 12685, 12711, 12713, 12714, 12717, 12723, - 12724, 12734, 12738, 12746, 12766, 12775 + 11487, 11532, 11578, 11653, 11668, 11697, 11724, 11820, 11837, 11857, + 11892, 11895, 11901, 11945, 11947, 11952, 11987, 12052, 12083, 12158, + 12178, 12200, 12346, 12393, 12420, 12432, 12445, 12449, 12453, 12454, + 12460, 12469, 12489, 12509, 12510, 12511, 12518, 12527, 12541, 12545, + 12551, 12582, 12583, 12587, 12597, 12601, 12611, 12625, 12626, 12631, + 12650, 12653, 12655, 12660, 12681, 12685, 12711, 12713, 12714, 12717, + 12723, 12724, 12734, 12738, 12746, 12766, 12775 * The RPC implementation in libc is obsoleted. Old programs keep working but new programs cannot be linked with the routines in libc anymore. diff --git a/posix/regex.h b/posix/regex.h index 21fa3cf1ce..32804b9b82 100644 --- a/posix/regex.h +++ b/posix/regex.h @@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ typedef enum /* This data structure represents a compiled pattern. Before calling the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap', - `translate', and `no_sub' can be set. After the pattern has been - compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available. All other fields are - private to the regex routines. */ + and `translate' can be set. After the pattern has been compiled, + the fields `re_nsub', `not_bol' and `not_eol' are available. All + other fields are private to the regex routines. */ #ifndef RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE # define __RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE unsigned char * @@ -466,7 +466,12 @@ extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax (reg_syntax_t __syntax); /* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer - BUFFER. Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not. */ + BUFFER. Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not. + + To free the allocated storage, you must call `regfree' on BUFFER. + Note that the translate table must either have been initialised by + `regcomp', with a malloc'ed value, or set to NULL before calling + `regfree'. */ extern const char *re_compile_pattern (const char *__pattern, size_t __length, struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer); |