Re: libpcre/pcre_chartables.c

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 08:11:24PM -0500, Kris Katterjohn wrote:
> > I keep seeing spurious changes to the file libpcre/pcre_chartables.c.
> > It is present in the Subversion repository as a normal file. After a
> > build, it becomes a symbolic link to libpcre/pcre_chartables.c.dist.
> > After "make clean" it is removed. I usually have to remove and update
> > the file before I can commit anything.
> >
> > pcre_chartables.c is an automatically generated file. In fact, the
> > libpcre Makefile.am says
> >
> > ## This file is generated as part of the building process, so don't
> > distribute.
> >
> > Is it okay to delete libpcre/pcre_chartables.c?
>
> I upgraded libpcre this last time, and IIRC that file is kept because it's
> needed on Windows but I couldn't think of a way to handle it on there (like
> the symlinking on UNIX).  I honestly don't exactly remember the problem, but
> try removing it and compiling on Windows to see if it works.  I suck at
> Windows building, so you may figure out a good solution.

Okay, that's a good reason. I'll leave it unless I think of a way to get
rid of it that doesn't break on Windows.

David

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