Bug#999977: qxw: depends on obsolete pcre3 library

[Stephen Kitt]

Hi,

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:44:14 +0100, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2023/07/22 at 08:43, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> >aOn Sat, 22 Jul 2023 16:14:06 +0200, Bastian Germann <bage at debian.org>
> >wrote:  
> > > I suggest to remove the package. I do not think upstream will deal with 
> > > this.  
> > 
> > qxw’s usage of pcre seems simple enough, I’ll try to come up with a patch.
> 
> In the meantime, I will look to spend some time understanding the
> pcre3->pcre2 migration and patching qxw in the short term, if Stephen does
> not have time to do so.

It took me longer to get round to this than I hoped, but here is a patch for
qxw. I’ve already forwarded it upstream.

Regards,

Stephen
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