Add tryemptyregex/skalibs_regcomp, prepare for 2.8.1.0

7 files changed, 44 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d5db501..17d0e04 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Changelog for skalibs.
 
+In 2.8.1.0
+----------
+
+ - Added skalibs_regcomp(), accepting empty regexes on BSDs.
+
+
 In 2.8.0.1
 ----------
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a793676..b9dc50e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ EOF
   choose cl namespaces NAMESPACES 'namespaces'
   choose cl nsgetparent NSGETPARENT 'NS_GET_PARENT'
   choose cl explicit_bzero EXPLICIT_BZERO 'explicit_bzero()'
+  choose clr emptyregex EMPTYREGEX 'regcomp() accept empty regexes'
 
   echo '#endif' >> $sysdeps/sysdeps.h
 fi
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 1c0191e..5b51583 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ with a standard C development environment </li>
 <h3> Download </h3>
 
 <ul>
- <li> The current released version of skalibs is <a href="skalibs-2.8.0.1.tar.gz">2.8.0.1</a>. </li>
+ <li> The current released version of skalibs is <a href="skalibs-2.8.1.0.tar.gz">2.8.1.0</a>. </li>
  <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the
 <a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/skalibs/">skalibs
 git repository</a>:
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index 3c550ed..c074e66 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
 <a href="//skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a>
 </p>
 
+<h2> in 2.8.1.0 </h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> New functions:
+  <ul>
+   <li> <tt>skalibs_regcomp()</tt>, which accepts empty regexes even
+when <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/regcomp.html">regcomp()</a>
+does not (e.g. the BSDs). </li>
+  </ul> </li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2> in 2.8.0.1 </h2>
 
 <ul>
diff --git a/package/info b/package/info
index d425b4a..dfb2538 100644
--- a/package/info
+++ b/package/info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package=skalibs
-version=2.8.0.1
+version=2.8.1.0
 category=prog
 package_macro_name=SKALIBS
diff --git a/src/include/skalibs/posixplz.h b/src/include/skalibs/posixplz.h
index 639a7c4..22cdf3a 100644
--- a/src/include/skalibs/posixplz.h
+++ b/src/include/skalibs/posixplz.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 
 #include <skalibs/gccattributes.h>
 #include <skalibs/functypes.h>
@@ -44,4 +45,11 @@ extern int mkhtemp (char const *, char *) ;
 extern int mkctemp (char *, mode_t, dev_t) ;
 extern int mkbtemp (char *, mode_t, dev_t) ;
 
+
+ /*
+    Wrappers around functions that should be specified better.
+ */
+
+#define skalibs_regcomp(re, s, flags) regcomp(re, (s)[0] ? (s) : ".*", flags)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/sysdeps/tryemptyregex.c b/src/sysdeps/tryemptyregex.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2243f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sysdeps/tryemptyregex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* ISC license. */
+
+#include <regex.h>
+
+int main (void)
+{
+  regex_t re ;
+  int r = regcomp(&re, "", REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB) ;
+  switch (r)
+  {
+    case 0 : break ;
+    case REG_ESPACE : return 111 ;
+    default : return 1 ;
+  }
+  return !!regexec(&re, "a", 0, 0, 0) ;
+}