[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#891195: Bug#891195: Please switch to pcre2

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2018-02-23 11:30:34 [+0100], Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that clamav support both (old) pcre and (new) pcre2
> 
> Any reasons why clamav is still depending on this old version? Shouldn't
> it be switched to the new one?

I wanted to reply earler but didn't make it…
So clamav is using pcre and I wasn't aware of pcre2 until now. So if the
plan is a transition and pcre2 is working like pcre but is newer then
yes, I have no problem with switching to it.
I will try to test things first :)

> Kind regards,
> 
> Laurent Bigonville

Sebastian