GNU bug report logs - #62769
pcre: correct overpessimistic error checking of pcre2_jit_compile()

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 06:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62769: pcre: correct overpessimistic error checking of pcre2_jit_compile()
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:11:57 -0700

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On 4/10/23 23:47, Carlo Arenas wrote:
> The original code was done in a way that would be useful during
> porting, but that would hinder future work unnecessarily.

Thanks, but wouldn't the attached patch be better? If I understand you 
correctly, we can simply ignore pcre2_jit_compile failure as the search 
will still succeed (albet perhaps more slowly).

[0001-grep-make-P-survive-JIT-compilation-failure.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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