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-rw-r--r--posix/regex.c9
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a322dd464..57d990eff2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-04-14  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* posix/regex.c (re_max_failures): Add back symbol for binary
+	compatibility.
+
 2002-04-22  Isamu Hasegawa  <isamu@yamato.ibm.com>
 
 	* posix/regcomp.c (re_compile_internal): Adapt it to new interface
diff --git a/posix/regex.c b/posix/regex.c
index 03bda25f0b..0fe38d3c63 100644
--- a/posix/regex.c
+++ b/posix/regex.c
@@ -50,3 +50,12 @@
 #include "regcomp.c"
 #include "regexec.c"
 #include "regex_internal.c"
+
+/* Binary backward compatibility.  */
+#if _LIBC
+# include <shlib-compat.h>
+# if SHLIB_COMPAT (libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_3)
+link_warning (re_max_failures, "the 're_max_failures' variable is obsolete and will go away.")
+int re_max_failures = 2000;
+# endif
+#endif