From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:25:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Systems with old regex system headers/libraries don't pick up git's compat/regex header file
Message-ID: <xmqqeg3tl4gj.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <9f43a2f1-5d7e-3a2e-5a83-40e92ab0d7b5@connectinternetsolutions.com>

Richard Lloyd <richard.lloyd@connectinternetsolutions.com> writes:

> git ships with a compat/regex tree containing a recent regex
> release, presumably with the intention of allowing systems with
> either no regex or an old regex installed to use the newer compat
> version.

Quick question.  Does NO_REGEX help?  cf. Makefile

# Define NO_REGEX if your C library lacks regex support with REG_STARTEND
# feature.