OpenSSH 2.4.0 patch call..

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Tim Rice wrote:

> ...
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Dftruncate=chsize -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/ssl/includ
> e -I. -Isrc -DETCDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DSSH_PROGRAM=\"/usr/local/bin/ssh\" -DS
> SH_ASKPASS_DEFAULT=\"/usr/local/libexec/ssh-askpass\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c src/com
> pat.c
> src/compat.c:35: regex.h: No such file or directory
> gmake: *** [compat.o] Error 1
> ...
> 
> SCO Open Server 3 doesn't have regex libraries.
> 
> I saw in the ChangeLog file
> 20001014
>  - (bal) Corrected mistake in INSTALL in regards to GNU rx library
>  - (bal) Add support for GNU rx library for those lacking regexp support
> 
> Do we want to require installing GNU rx on systems without regex support?
> Or do we want to add regex to the openssh code base like in HylaFAX?
> 
> 
NeXTStep also lacks a sane Regex implemented.  I suggest install PCRE.  I
don't think forking our own regex is a good idea.  It's more then just a
'few' lines of code. =)

- Ben