Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use compat/regex on Cygwin

From: Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:24:01 -0400

On 07/16/2013 05:41 PM, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> Mark Levedahl wrote:
>> Cygwin's regex library does not pass git's tests, so don't use it. This
>> fixes failures in t4018 and t4034.
> Hmm, these tests have always passed for me on cygwin. So, this is
> presumably a regression in the new-lib regex library versions used
> by cygwin 1.5 and cygwin 1.7.
>
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
>
>
>
Yes, cygwin 1.7 now uses the newlib regex functions, and those are not 
quite up to snuff. Another case for calling 1.5 a separate platform 
altogether.

Mark