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28   4. Updated comments in configure.ac that get placed in config.h.in and also   4. Updated comments in configure.ac that get placed in config.h.in and also
29      arranged for config.h to be included in the distribution, with the name      arranged for config.h to be included in the distribution, with the name
30      config.h.generic, for the benefit of those who have to compile without      config.h.generic, for the benefit of those who have to compile without
31      Autotools (compare pcre.h, which is now distributed as pcre.h.generic).      Autotools (compare pcre.h, which is now distributed as pcre.h.generic).
32    
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63  10. Fixed two bugs in the emulated memmove() function in pcre_internal.h:  10. Fixed two bugs in the emulated memmove() function in pcre_internal.h:
64    
65      (a) It was defining its arguments as char * instead of void *.      (a) It was defining its arguments as char * instead of void *.
66    
67      (b) It was assuming that all moves were upwards in memory; this was true      (b) It was assuming that all moves were upwards in memory; this was true
68          a long time ago when I wrote it, but is no longer the case.          a long time ago when I wrote it, but is no longer the case.
69    
70      The emulated memove() is provided for those environments that have neither      The emulated memove() is provided for those environments that have neither
71      memmove() nor bcopy(). I didn't think anyone used it these days, but that      memmove() nor bcopy(). I didn't think anyone used it these days, but that
72      is clearly not the case, as these two bugs were recently reported.      is clearly not the case, as these two bugs were recently reported.
73    
74  11. The script PrepareRelease is now distributed: it calls 132html, CleanTxt,  11. The script PrepareRelease is now distributed: it calls 132html, CleanTxt,
75      and Detrail to create the HTML documentation, the .txt form of the man      and Detrail to create the HTML documentation, the .txt form of the man
76      pages, and it removes trailing spaces from listed files. It also creates      pages, and it removes trailing spaces from listed files. It also creates
77      pcre.h.generic and config.h.generic from pcre.h and config.h. In the latter      pcre.h.generic and config.h.generic from pcre.h and config.h. In the latter
78      case, it wraps all the #defines with #ifndefs. This script should be run      case, it wraps all the #defines with #ifndefs. This script should be run
79      before "make dist".      before "make dist".
80    
81  12. Fixed two fairly obscure bugs concerned with quantified caseless matching  12. Fixed two fairly obscure bugs concerned with quantified caseless matching
82      with Unicode property support.      with Unicode property support.
83    
84      (a) For a maximizing quantifier, if the two different cases of the      (a) For a maximizing quantifier, if the two different cases of the
85          character were of different lengths in their UTF-8 codings (there are          character were of different lengths in their UTF-8 codings (there are
86          some cases like this - I found 11), and the matching function had to          some cases like this - I found 11), and the matching function had to
87          back up over a mixture of the two cases, it incorrectly assumed they          back up over a mixture of the two cases, it incorrectly assumed they
88          were both the same length.          were both the same length.
89    
90      (b) When PCRE was configured to use the heap rather than the stack for      (b) When PCRE was configured to use the heap rather than the stack for
91          recursion during matching, it was not correctly preserving the data for          recursion during matching, it was not correctly preserving the data for
92          the other case of a UTF-8 character when checking ahead for a match          the other case of a UTF-8 character when checking ahead for a match
93          while processing a minimizing repeat. If the check also involved          while processing a minimizing repeat. If the check also involved
94          matching a wide character, but failed, corruption could cause an          matching a wide character, but failed, corruption could cause an
95          erroneous result when trying to check for a repeat of the original          erroneous result when trying to check for a repeat of the original
96          character.          character.
97    
98  13. Some tidying changes to the testing mechanism:  13. Some tidying changes to the testing mechanism:
99    
100      (a) The RunTest script now detects the internal link size and whether there      (a) The RunTest script now detects the internal link size and whether there
101          is UTF-8 and UCP support by running ./pcretest -C instead of relying on          is UTF-8 and UCP support by running ./pcretest -C instead of relying on
102          values substituted by "configure". (The RunGrepTest script already did          values substituted by "configure". (The RunGrepTest script already did
103          this for UTF-8.) The configure.ac script no longer substitutes the          this for UTF-8.) The configure.ac script no longer substitutes the
104          relevant variables.          relevant variables.
105    
106      (b) The debugging options /B and /D in pcretest show the compiled bytecode      (b) The debugging options /B and /D in pcretest show the compiled bytecode
107          with length and offset values. This means that the output is different          with length and offset values. This means that the output is different
108          for different internal link sizes. Test 2 is skipped for link sizes          for different internal link sizes. Test 2 is skipped for link sizes
109          other than 2 because of this, bypassing the problem. Unfortunately,          other than 2 because of this, bypassing the problem. Unfortunately,
110          there was also a test in test 3 (the locale tests) that used /B and          there was also a test in test 3 (the locale tests) that used /B and
111          failed for link sizes other than 2. Rather than cut the whole test out,          failed for link sizes other than 2. Rather than cut the whole test out,
112          I have added a new /Z option to pcretest that replaces the length and          I have added a new /Z option to pcretest that replaces the length and
113          offset values with spaces. This is now used to make test 3 independent          offset values with spaces. This is now used to make test 3 independent
114          of link size. (Test 2 will be tidied up later.)          of link size. (Test 2 will be tidied up later.)
115    
116  14. If erroroffset was passed as NULL to pcre_compile, it provoked a  14. If erroroffset was passed as NULL to pcre_compile, it provoked a
117      segmentation fault instead of returning the appropriate error message.      segmentation fault instead of returning the appropriate error message.
118    
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