[Bug 267957] net-mgmt/zabbix6-server: add option to select between PCRE and PCRE2
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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:24:35 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267957
Bug ID: 267957
Summary: net-mgmt/zabbix6-server: add option to select between
PCRE and PCRE2
Product: Ports & Packages
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Some People
Priority: ---
Component: Individual Port(s)
Assignee: otis@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: michael.osipov@siemens.com
Flags: maintainer-feedback?(otis@FreeBSD.org)
Assignee: otis@FreeBSD.org
PCRE(1) has been deprecated for quite some time now and superseded by PCRE2.
All users are advised to switch to it.
http://pcre.org/ says:
======================
There are two major versions of the PCRE library. The current version, PCRE2,
released in 2015, is now at version 10.39.
The older, but still widely deployed PCRE library, originally released in 1997,
is at version 8.45. This version of PCRE is now at end of life, and is no
longer being actively maintained. Version 8.45 is expected to be the final
release of the older PCRE library, and new projects should use PCRE2 instead.
======================
Proposal: Add option to choose between PCRE1 and PCRE2. According to the Zabbix
Upgrade Guide not all regex statements might be compatible. Future Zabbix 6.x
should only use PCRE2. Current (6.0.x, not 6.2.x because it is shortlived)
might migrate somewhere in the future.
See:
* https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-4922
*
https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.0/en/manual/installation/upgrade_notes_600#pcre2-support
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