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Diffstat (limited to 'misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc/regexp.h | 9 |
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 In Issue 4 (1994) + the header was marked as TO BE WITHDRAWN, and new applications + were encouraged to use 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 It was officially + withdrawn from the standard in Issue 6 (aka POSIX.1-2001).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. |