Re: [pcre-dev] [PATCH] Add configure flag for autodetection …

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, Shea Levy wrote:

> Yes, this is aimed at PCRE1. The goal of this patch is so that
> distribution build scripts (in my particular case nixpkgs) can enable
> JIT when and only when the target supports it without needing any
> complicated build logic, especially since there presumably won't be any
> new JIT targets added. With this patch, ./configure --enable-jit=auto
> will detect whether the target system is supported and enable JIT if so.

OK. As there won't be another PCRE1 release after the one that is
currently on test for quite a while, I have sneaked this patch in so it
will be in 8.42 when it comes out. However, I have not documented it.

I will now add the same support to PCRE2, and in this case I will add
something to the documentation.

Philip

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Philip Hazel