Bug#890265: systemd: journalctl compiled without pattern matching support

[Michael Biebl]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:25:56 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Am 12.02.2018 um 18:02 schrieb Calum Mackay:
> > Package: systemd
> > Version: 237-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > The -g/--grep option was recently added to the man page, but:
> > 
> > 	$ journalctl --grep=blah
> > 	Compiled without pattern matching support
> > 
> > this could be a man page bug, of course, although it's a useful feature.
> 
> As the message says, systemd has been compiled without pattern matching
> support. This is deliberate, as this would required linking against
> pcre2, which would basically make this library mandatory on every
> system. That's why I hesitated to enable that feature.

I'm fine with turning this feature on in buster+1.

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