configure: warn if libpcre 8.35 is used

pull/1867/head
Andreas Herz 9 years ago committed by Victor Julien
parent 72c9debbd6
commit 8c0e575063

@ -479,6 +479,19 @@
exit 1
fi
# libpcre 8.35 (especially on debian) has a known issue that results in segfaults
# see https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/1693
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBPCREVERSION, [libpcre = 8.35],[libpcre_buggy_found="yes"],[libprce_buggy_found="no"])
if test "$libpcre_buggy_found" = "yes"; then
echo
echo " Warning! libpcre version 8.35 found"
echo " This version has a known issue that could result in segfaults"
echo " please upgrade to a newer version of pcre which you can get from"
echo " www.pcre.org."
echo " Continuing for now...."
echo
fi
# To prevent duping the lib link we reset LIBS after this check. Setting action-if-found to NULL doesn't seem to work
# see: http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2008/04/29/i-consider-ac_check_lib-harmful
PCRE=""

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