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    1: Building PCRE without using autotools
    2: -------------------------------------
    3: 
    4: This document contains the following sections:
    5: 
    6:   General
    7:   Generic instructions for the PCRE C library
    8:   The C++ wrapper functions
    9:   Building for virtual Pascal
   10:   Stack size in Windows environments
   11:   Linking programs in Windows environments
   12:   Comments about Win32 builds
   13:   Building PCRE on Windows with CMake
   14:   Use of relative paths with CMake on Windows
   15:   Testing with RunTest.bat
   16:   Building under Windows with BCC5.5
   17:   Building PCRE on OpenVMS
   18:   Building PCRE on Stratus OpenVOS
   19: 
   20: 
   21: GENERAL
   22: 
   23: I (Philip Hazel) have no experience of Windows or VMS sytems and how their
   24: libraries work. The items in the PCRE distribution and Makefile that relate to
   25: anything other than Linux systems are untested by me.
   26: 
   27: There are some other comments and files (including some documentation in CHM
   28: format) in the Contrib directory on the FTP site:
   29: 
   30:   ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/Contrib
   31: 
   32: The basic PCRE library consists entirely of code written in Standard C, and so
   33: should compile successfully on any system that has a Standard C compiler and
   34: library. The C++ wrapper functions are a separate issue (see below).
   35: 
   36: The PCRE distribution includes a "configure" file for use by the configure/make
   37: (autotools) build system, as found in many Unix-like environments. The README
   38: file contains information about the options for "configure".
   39: 
   40: There is also support for CMake, which some users prefer, especially in Windows
   41: environments, though it can also be run in Unix-like environments. See the
   42: section entitled "Building PCRE on Windows with CMake" below.
   43: 
   44: Versions of config.h and pcre.h are distributed in the PCRE tarballs under the
   45: names config.h.generic and pcre.h.generic. These are provided for those who
   46: build PCRE without using "configure" or CMake. If you use "configure" or CMake,
   47: the .generic versions are not used.
   48: 
   49: 
   50: GENERIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PCRE C LIBRARY
   51: 
   52: The following are generic instructions for building the PCRE C library "by
   53: hand":
   54: 
   55:  (1) Copy or rename the file config.h.generic as config.h, and edit the macro
   56:      settings that it contains to whatever is appropriate for your environment.
   57:      In particular, if you want to force a specific value for newline, you can
   58:      define the NEWLINE macro. When you compile any of the PCRE modules, you
   59:      must specify -DHAVE_CONFIG_H to your compiler so that config.h is included
   60:      in the sources.
   61: 
   62:      An alternative approach is not to edit config.h, but to use -D on the
   63:      compiler command line to make any changes that you need to the
   64:      configuration options. In this case -DHAVE_CONFIG_H must not be set.
   65: 
   66:      NOTE: There have been occasions when the way in which certain parameters
   67:      in config.h are used has changed between releases. (In the configure/make
   68:      world, this is handled automatically.) When upgrading to a new release,
   69:      you are strongly advised to review config.h.generic before re-using what
   70:      you had previously.
   71: 
   72:  (2) Copy or rename the file pcre.h.generic as pcre.h.
   73: 
   74:  (3) EITHER:
   75:        Copy or rename file pcre_chartables.c.dist as pcre_chartables.c.
   76: 
   77:      OR:
   78:        Compile dftables.c as a stand-alone program (using -DHAVE_CONFIG_H if
   79:        you have set up config.h), and then run it with the single argument
   80:        "pcre_chartables.c". This generates a set of standard character tables
   81:        and writes them to that file. The tables are generated using the default
   82:        C locale for your system. If you want to use a locale that is specified
   83:        by LC_xxx environment variables, add the -L option to the dftables
   84:        command. You must use this method if you are building on a system that
   85:        uses EBCDIC code.
   86: 
   87:      The tables in pcre_chartables.c are defaults. The caller of PCRE can
   88:      specify alternative tables at run time.
   89: 
   90:  (4) Ensure that you have the following header files:
   91: 
   92:        pcre_internal.h
   93:        ucp.h
   94: 
   95:  (5) For an 8-bit library, compile the following source files, setting
   96:      -DHAVE_CONFIG_H as a compiler option if you have set up config.h with your
   97:      configuration, or else use other -D settings to change the configuration
   98:      as required.
   99: 
  100:        pcre_byte_order.c
  101:        pcre_chartables.c
  102:        pcre_compile.c
  103:        pcre_config.c
  104:        pcre_dfa_exec.c
  105:        pcre_exec.c
  106:        pcre_fullinfo.c
  107:        pcre_get.c
  108:        pcre_globals.c
  109:        pcre_maketables.c
  110:        pcre_newline.c
  111:        pcre_ord2utf8.c
  112:        pcre_refcount.c
  113:        pcre_string_utils.c
  114:        pcre_study.c
  115:        pcre_tables.c
  116:        pcre_ucd.c
  117:        pcre_valid_utf8.c
  118:        pcre_version.c
  119:        pcre_xclass.c
  120: 
  121:      Make sure that you include -I. in the compiler command (or equivalent for
  122:      an unusual compiler) so that all included PCRE header files are first
  123:      sought in the current directory. Otherwise you run the risk of picking up
  124:      a previously-installed file from somewhere else.
  125: 
  126:  (6) If you have defined SUPPORT_JIT in config.h, you must also compile
  127: 
  128:        pcre_jit_compile.c
  129: 
  130:      This file #includes sources from the sljit subdirectory, where there
  131:      should be 16 files, all of whose names begin with "sljit".
  132: 
  133:  (7) Now link all the compiled code into an object library in whichever form
  134:      your system keeps such libraries. This is the basic PCRE C 8-bit library.
  135:      If your system has static and shared libraries, you may have to do this
  136:      once for each type.
  137: 
  138:  (8) If you want to build a 16-bit library (as well as, or instead of the 8-bit
  139:      library) repeat steps 5-7 with the following files:
  140: 
  141:        pcre16_byte_order.c
  142:        pcre16_chartables.c
  143:        pcre16_compile.c
  144:        pcre16_config.c
  145:        pcre16_dfa_exec.c
  146:        pcre16_exec.c
  147:        pcre16_fullinfo.c
  148:        pcre16_get.c
  149:        pcre16_globals.c
  150:        pcre16_jit_compile.c (if SUPPORT_JIT is defined)
  151:        pcre16_maketables.c
  152:        pcre16_newline.c
  153:        pcre16_ord2utf16.c
  154:        pcre16_refcount.c
  155:        pcre16_string_utils.c
  156:        pcre16_study.c
  157:        pcre16_tables.c
  158:        pcre16_ucd.c
  159:        pcre16_utf16_utils.c
  160:        pcre16_valid_utf16.c
  161:        pcre16_version.c
  162:        pcre16_xclass.c
  163: 
  164:  (9) If you want to build the POSIX wrapper functions (which apply only to the
  165:      8-bit library), ensure that you have the pcreposix.h file and then compile
  166:      pcreposix.c (remembering -DHAVE_CONFIG_H if necessary). Link the result
  167:      (on its own) as the pcreposix library.
  168: 
  169: (10) The pcretest program can be linked with either or both of the 8-bit and
  170:      16-bit libraries (depending on what you selected in config.h). Compile
  171:      pcretest.c and pcre_printint.c (again, don't forget -DHAVE_CONFIG_H) and
  172:      link them together with the appropriate library/ies. If you compiled an
  173:      8-bit library, pcretest also needs the pcreposix wrapper library unless
  174:      you compiled it with -DNOPOSIX.
  175: 
  176: (11) Run pcretest on the testinput files in the testdata directory, and check
  177:      that the output matches the corresponding testoutput files. There are
  178:      comments about what each test does in the section entitled "Testing PCRE"
  179:      in the README file. If you compiled both an 8-bit and a 16-bit library,
  180:      you need to run pcretest with the -16 option to do 16-bit tests.
  181: 
  182:      Some tests are relevant only when certain build-time options are selected.
  183:      For example, test 4 is for UTF-8 or UTF-16 support, and will not run if
  184:      you have built PCRE without it. See the comments at the start of each
  185:      testinput file. If you have a suitable Unix-like shell, the RunTest script
  186:      will run the appropriate tests for you.
  187: 
  188:      Note that the supplied files are in Unix format, with just LF characters
  189:      as line terminators. You may need to edit them to change this if your
  190:      system uses a different convention. If you are using Windows, you probably
  191:      should use the wintestinput3 file instead of testinput3 (and the
  192:      corresponding output file). This is a locale test; wintestinput3 sets the
  193:      locale to "french" rather than "fr_FR", and there some minor output
  194:      differences.
  195: 
  196: (12) If you have built PCRE with SUPPORT_JIT, the JIT features will be tested
  197:      by the testdata files. However, you might also like to build and run
  198:      the JIT test program, pcre_jit_test.c.
  199: 
  200: (13) If you want to use the pcregrep command, compile and link pcregrep.c; it
  201:      uses only the basic 8-bit PCRE library (it does not need the pcreposix
  202:      library).
  203: 
  204: 
  205: THE C++ WRAPPER FUNCTIONS
  206: 
  207: The PCRE distribution also contains some C++ wrapper functions and tests,
  208: applicable to the 8-bit library, which were contributed by Google Inc. On a
  209: system that can use "configure" and "make", the functions are automatically
  210: built into a library called pcrecpp. It should be straightforward to compile
  211: the .cc files manually on other systems. The files called xxx_unittest.cc are
  212: test programs for each of the corresponding xxx.cc files.
  213: 
  214: 
  215: BUILDING FOR VIRTUAL PASCAL
  216: 
  217: A script for building PCRE using Borland's C++ compiler for use with VPASCAL
  218: was contributed by Alexander Tokarev. Stefan Weber updated the script and added
  219: additional files. The following files in the distribution are for building PCRE
  220: for use with VP/Borland: makevp_c.txt, makevp_l.txt, makevp.bat, pcregexp.pas.
  221: 
  222: 
  223: STACK SIZE IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS
  224: 
  225: The default processor stack size of 1Mb in some Windows environments is too
  226: small for matching patterns that need much recursion. In particular, test 2 may
  227: fail because of this. Normally, running out of stack causes a crash, but there
  228: have been cases where the test program has just died silently. See your linker
  229: documentation for how to increase stack size if you experience problems. The
  230: Linux default of 8Mb is a reasonable choice for the stack, though even that can
  231: be too small for some pattern/subject combinations.
  232: 
  233: PCRE has a compile configuration option to disable the use of stack for
  234: recursion so that heap is used instead. However, pattern matching is
  235: significantly slower when this is done. There is more about stack usage in the
  236: "pcrestack" documentation.
  237: 
  238: 
  239: LINKING PROGRAMS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS
  240: 
  241: If you want to statically link a program against a PCRE library in the form of
  242: a non-dll .a file, you must define PCRE_STATIC before including pcre.h or
  243: pcrecpp.h, otherwise the pcre_malloc() and pcre_free() exported functions will
  244: be declared __declspec(dllimport), with unwanted results.
  245: 
  246: 
  247: CALLING CONVENTIONS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS
  248: 
  249: It is possible to compile programs to use different calling conventions using
  250: MSVC. Search the web for "calling conventions" for more information. To make it
  251: easier to change the calling convention for the exported functions in the
  252: PCRE library, the macro PCRE_CALL_CONVENTION is present in all the external
  253: definitions. It can be set externally when compiling (e.g. in CFLAGS). If it is
  254: not set, it defaults to empty; the default calling convention is then used
  255: (which is what is wanted most of the time).
  256: 
  257: 
  258: COMMENTS ABOUT WIN32 BUILDS (see also "BUILDING PCRE ON WINDOWS WITH CMAKE")
  259: 
  260: There are two ways of building PCRE using the "configure, make, make install"
  261: paradigm on Windows systems: using MinGW or using Cygwin. These are not at all
  262: the same thing; they are completely different from each other. There is also
  263: support for building using CMake, which some users find a more straightforward
  264: way of building PCRE under Windows.
  265: 
  266: The MinGW home page (http://www.mingw.org/) says this:
  267: 
  268:   MinGW: A collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows
  269:   specific header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that
  270:   allow one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any
  271:   3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
  272: 
  273: The Cygwin home page (http://www.cygwin.com/) says this:
  274: 
  275:   Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts:
  276: 
  277:   . A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing
  278:     substantial Linux API functionality
  279: 
  280:   . A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel.
  281: 
  282:   The Cygwin DLL currently works with all recent, commercially released x86 32
  283:   bit and 64 bit versions of Windows, with the exception of Windows CE.
  284: 
  285: On both MinGW and Cygwin, PCRE should build correctly using:
  286: 
  287:   ./configure && make && make install
  288: 
  289: This should create two libraries called libpcre and libpcreposix, and, if you
  290: have enabled building the C++ wrapper, a third one called libpcrecpp. These are
  291: independent libraries: when you link with libpcreposix or libpcrecpp you must
  292: also link with libpcre, which contains the basic functions. (Some earlier
  293: releases of PCRE included the basic libpcre functions in libpcreposix. This no
  294: longer happens.)
  295: 
  296: A user submitted a special-purpose patch that makes it easy to create
  297: "pcre.dll" under mingw32 using the "msys" environment. It provides "pcre.dll"
  298: as a special target. If you use this target, no other files are built, and in
  299: particular, the pcretest and pcregrep programs are not built. An example of how
  300: this might be used is:
  301: 
  302:   ./configure --enable-utf --disable-cpp CFLAGS="-03 -s"; make pcre.dll
  303: 
  304: Using Cygwin's compiler generates libraries and executables that depend on
  305: cygwin1.dll. If a library that is generated this way is distributed,
  306: cygwin1.dll has to be distributed as well. Since cygwin1.dll is under the GPL
  307: licence, this forces not only PCRE to be under the GPL, but also the entire
  308: application. A distributor who wants to keep their own code proprietary must
  309: purchase an appropriate Cygwin licence.
  310: 
  311: MinGW has no such restrictions. The MinGW compiler generates a library or
  312: executable that can run standalone on Windows without any third party dll or
  313: licensing issues.
  314: 
  315: But there is more complication:
  316: 
  317: If a Cygwin user uses the -mno-cygwin Cygwin gcc flag, what that really does is
  318: to tell Cygwin's gcc to use the MinGW gcc. Cygwin's gcc is only acting as a
  319: front end to MinGW's gcc (if you install Cygwin's gcc, you get both Cygwin's
  320: gcc and MinGW's gcc). So, a user can:
  321: 
  322: . Build native binaries by using MinGW or by getting Cygwin and using
  323:   -mno-cygwin.
  324: 
  325: . Build binaries that depend on cygwin1.dll by using Cygwin with the normal
  326:   compiler flags.
  327: 
  328: The test files that are supplied with PCRE are in UNIX format, with LF
  329: characters as line terminators. Unless your PCRE library uses a default newline
  330: option that includes LF as a valid newline, it may be necessary to change the
  331: line terminators in the test files to get some of the tests to work.
  332: 
  333: 
  334: BUILDING PCRE ON WINDOWS WITH CMAKE
  335: 
  336: CMake is an alternative configuration facility that can be used instead of
  337: "configure". CMake creates project files (make files, solution files, etc.)
  338: tailored to numerous development environments, including Visual Studio,
  339: Borland, Msys, MinGW, NMake, and Unix.  If possible, use short paths with no
  340: spaces in the names for your CMake installation and your PCRE source and build
  341: directories.
  342: 
  343: The following instructions were contributed by a PCRE user.
  344: 
  345: 1.  Install the latest CMake version available from http://www.cmake.org/, and
  346:     ensure that cmake\bin is on your path.
  347: 
  348: 2.  Unzip (retaining folder structure) the PCRE source tree into a source
  349:     directory such as C:\pcre. You should ensure your local date and time
  350:     is not earlier than the file dates in your source dir if the release is
  351:     very new.
  352: 
  353: 3.  Create a new, empty build directory, preferably a subdirectory of the
  354:     source dir. For example, C:\pcre\pcre-xx\build.
  355: 
  356: 4.  Run cmake-gui from the Shell envirornment of your build tool, for example,
  357:     Msys for Msys/MinGW or Visual Studio Command Prompt for VC/VC++.
  358: 
  359: 5.  Enter C:\pcre\pcre-xx and C:\pcre\pcre-xx\build for the source and build
  360:     directories, respectively.
  361: 
  362: 6.  Hit the "Configure" button.
  363: 
  364: 7.  Select the particular IDE / build tool that you are using (Visual
  365:     Studio, MSYS makefiles, MinGW makefiles, etc.)
  366: 
  367: 8.  The GUI will then list several configuration options. This is where
  368:     you can enable UTF-8 support or other PCRE optional features.
  369: 
  370: 9.  Hit "Configure" again. The adjacent "Generate" button should now be
  371:     active.
  372: 
  373: 10. Hit "Generate".
  374: 
  375: 11. The build directory should now contain a usable build system, be it a
  376:     solution file for Visual Studio, makefiles for MinGW, etc. Exit from
  377:     cmake-gui and use the generated build system with your compiler or IDE.
  378:     E.g., for MinGW you can run "make", or for Visual Studio, open the PCRE
  379:     solution, select the desired configuration (Debug, or Release, etc.) and
  380:     build the ALL_BUILD project.
  381: 
  382: 12. If during configuration with cmake-gui you've elected to build the test
  383:     programs, you can execute them by building the test project. E.g., for
  384:     MinGW: "make test"; for Visual Studio build the RUN_TESTS project. The
  385:     most recent build configuration is targeted by the tests. A summary of
  386:     test results is presented. Complete test output is subsequently
  387:     available for review in Testing\Temporary under your build dir.
  388: 
  389: 
  390: USE OF RELATIVE PATHS WITH CMAKE ON WINDOWS
  391: 
  392: A PCRE user comments as follows:
  393: 
  394: I thought that others may want to know the current state of
  395: CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS support on Windows.
  396: 
  397: Here it is:
  398: -- AdditionalIncludeDirectories is only partially modified (only the
  399: first path - see below)
  400: -- Only some of the contained file paths are modified - shown below for
  401: pcre.vcproj
  402: -- It properly modifies
  403: 
  404: I am sure CMake people can fix that if they want to. Until then one will
  405: need to replace existing absolute paths in project files with relative
  406: paths manually (e.g. from VS) - relative to project file location. I did
  407: just that before being told to try CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS. Not a big
  408: deal.
  409: 
  410: AdditionalIncludeDirectories="E:\builds\pcre\build;E:\builds\pcre\pcre-7.5;"
  411: AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;E:\builds\pcre\pcre-7.5;"
  412: 
  413: RelativePath="pcre.h">
  414: RelativePath="pcre_chartables.c">
  415: RelativePath="pcre_chartables.c.rule">
  416: 
  417: 
  418: TESTING WITH RUNTEST.BAT
  419: 
  420: If configured with CMake, building the test project ("make test" or building
  421: ALL_TESTS in Visual Studio) creates (and runs) pcre_test.bat (and depending
  422: on your configuration options, possibly other test programs) in the build
  423: directory. Pcre_test.bat runs RunTest.Bat with correct source and exe paths.
  424: 
  425: For manual testing with RunTest.bat, provided the build dir is a subdirectory
  426: of the source directory: Open command shell window. Chdir to the location
  427: of your pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe programs. Call RunTest.bat with
  428: "..\RunTest.Bat" or "..\..\RunTest.bat" as appropriate.
  429: 
  430: To run only a particular test with RunTest.Bat provide a test number argument.
  431: 
  432: Otherwise:
  433: 
  434: 1. Copy RunTest.bat into the directory where pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe
  435:    have been created.
  436: 
  437: 2. Edit RunTest.bat to indentify the full or relative location of
  438:    the pcre source (wherein which the testdata folder resides), e.g.:
  439: 
  440:    set srcdir=C:\pcre\pcre-8.20
  441: 
  442: 3. In a Windows command environment, chdir to the location of your bat and
  443:    exe programs.
  444: 
  445: 4. Run RunTest.bat. Test outputs will automatically be compared to expected
  446:    results, and discrepancies will be identified in the console output.
  447: 
  448: To independently test the just-in-time compiler, run pcre_jit_test.exe.
  449: To test pcrecpp, run pcrecpp_unittest.exe, pcre_stringpiece_unittest.exe and
  450: pcre_scanner_unittest.exe.
  451: 
  452: 
  453: BUILDING UNDER WINDOWS WITH BCC5.5
  454: 
  455: Michael Roy sent these comments about building PCRE under Windows with BCC5.5:
  456: 
  457:   Some of the core BCC libraries have a version of PCRE from 1998 built in,
  458:   which can lead to pcre_exec() giving an erroneous PCRE_ERROR_NULL from a
  459:   version mismatch. I'm including an easy workaround below, if you'd like to
  460:   include it in the non-unix instructions:
  461: 
  462:   When linking a project with BCC5.5, pcre.lib must be included before any of
  463:   the libraries cw32.lib, cw32i.lib, cw32mt.lib, and cw32mti.lib on the command
  464:   line.
  465: 
  466: 
  467: BUILDING UNDER WINDOWS CE WITH VISUAL STUDIO 200x
  468: 
  469: Vincent Richomme sent a zip archive of files to help with this process. They
  470: can be found in the file "pcre-vsbuild.zip" in the Contrib directory of the FTP
  471: site.
  472: 
  473: 
  474: BUILDING PCRE ON OPENVMS
  475: 
  476: Dan Mooney sent the following comments about building PCRE on OpenVMS. They
  477: relate to an older version of PCRE that used fewer source files, so the exact
  478: commands will need changing. See the current list of source files above.
  479: 
  480: "It was quite easy to compile and link the library. I don't have a formal
  481: make file but the attached file [reproduced below] contains the OpenVMS DCL
  482: commands I used to build the library. I had to add #define
  483: POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD 10 to pcre.h since it was not defined anywhere.
  484: 
  485: The library was built on:
  486: O/S: HP OpenVMS v7.3-1
  487: Compiler: Compaq C v6.5-001-48BCD
  488: Linker: vA13-01
  489: 
  490: The test results did not match 100% due to the issues you mention in your
  491: documentation regarding isprint(), iscntrl(), isgraph() and ispunct(). I
  492: modified some of the character tables temporarily and was able to get the
  493: results to match. Tests using the fr locale did not match since I don't have
  494: that locale loaded. The study size was always reported to be 3 less than the
  495: value in the standard test output files."
  496: 
  497: =========================
  498: $! This DCL procedure builds PCRE on OpenVMS
  499: $!
  500: $! I followed the instructions in the non-unix-use file in the distribution.
  501: $!
  502: $ COMPILE == "CC/LIST/NOMEMBER_ALIGNMENT/PREFIX_LIBRARY_ENTRIES=ALL_ENTRIES
  503: $ COMPILE DFTABLES.C
  504: $ LINK/EXE=DFTABLES.EXE DFTABLES.OBJ
  505: $ RUN DFTABLES.EXE/OUTPUT=CHARTABLES.C
  506: $ COMPILE MAKETABLES.C
  507: $ COMPILE GET.C
  508: $ COMPILE STUDY.C
  509: $! I had to set POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD to 10 in PCRE.H since the symbol
  510: $! did not seem to be defined anywhere.
  511: $! I edited pcre.h and added #DEFINE SUPPORT_UTF8 to enable UTF8 support.
  512: $ COMPILE PCRE.C
  513: $ LIB/CREATE PCRE MAKETABLES.OBJ, GET.OBJ, STUDY.OBJ, PCRE.OBJ
  514: $! I had to set POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD to 10 in PCRE.H since the symbol
  515: $! did not seem to be defined anywhere.
  516: $ COMPILE PCREPOSIX.C
  517: $ LIB/CREATE PCREPOSIX PCREPOSIX.OBJ
  518: $ COMPILE PCRETEST.C
  519: $ LINK/EXE=PCRETEST.EXE PCRETEST.OBJ, PCRE/LIB, PCREPOSIX/LIB
  520: $! C programs that want access to command line arguments must be
  521: $! defined as a symbol
  522: $ PCRETEST :== "$ SYS$ROADSUSERS:[DMOONEY.REGEXP]PCRETEST.EXE"
  523: $! Arguments must be enclosed in quotes.
  524: $ PCRETEST "-C"
  525: $! Test results:
  526: $!
  527: $!   The test results did not match 100%. The functions isprint(), iscntrl(),
  528: $!   isgraph() and ispunct() on OpenVMS must not produce the same results
  529: $!   as the system that built the test output files provided with the
  530: $!   distribution.
  531: $!
  532: $!   The study size did not match and was always 3 less on OpenVMS.
  533: $!
  534: $!   Locale could not be set to fr
  535: $!
  536: =========================
  537: 
  538: 
  539: BUILDING PCRE ON STRATUS OPENVOS
  540: 
  541: These notes on the port of PCRE to VOS (lightly edited) were supplied by
  542: Ashutosh Warikoo, whose email address has the local part awarikoo and the
  543: domain nse.co.in. The port was for version 7.9 in August 2009.
  544: 
  545: 1.   Building PCRE
  546: 
  547: I built pcre on OpenVOS Release 17.0.1at using GNU Tools 3.4a without any
  548: problems. I used the following packages to build PCRE:
  549: 
  550:   ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/ga/posix.save.evf.gz
  551: 
  552: Please read and follow the instructions that come with these packages. To start
  553: the build of pcre, from the root of the package type:
  554: 
  555:   ./build.sh
  556: 
  557: 2. Installing PCRE
  558: 
  559: Once you have successfully built PCRE, login to the SysAdmin group, switch to
  560: the root user, and type
  561: 
  562:   [ !create_dir (master_disk)>usr   --if needed ]
  563:   [ !create_dir (master_disk)>usr>local   --if needed ]
  564:     !gmake install
  565: 
  566: This installs PCRE and its man pages into /usr/local. You can add
  567: (master_disk)>usr>local>bin to your command search paths, or if you are in
  568: BASH, add /usr/local/bin to the PATH environment variable.
  569: 
  570: 4. Restrictions
  571: 
  572: This port requires readline library optionally. However during the build I
  573: faced some yet unexplored errors while linking with readline. As it was an
  574: optional component I chose to disable it.
  575: 
  576: 5. Known Problems
  577: 
  578: I ran the test suite, but you will have to be your own judge of whether this
  579: command, and this port, suits your purposes. If you find any problems that
  580: appear to be related to the port itself, please let me know. Please see the
  581: build.log file in the root of the package also.
  582: 
  583: 
  584: ==========================
  585: Last Updated: 18 June 2012

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