Re: Compiling dbghelp with MinGW

[Francois Gouget]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Eric Pouech wrote:
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> > - #ifdef-out regexp support if regex.h is missing? Maybe with     an
> >
> > autoconf check for regcomp()?
> >  2) Add some reg*() stubs that do nothing if regex.h & co are missing?

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> 1,2) most of the dbghelp code will be of no use if no regex support is present

It still feels wrong for Wine to fail compiling just because a regular 
expression library is missing. If we can compile Wine without X we 
should be able to compile it without a regular expression library.

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> *** new option *** 5) use a regex lib for mingw... that work(ed) just fine
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=73...

I will install it. It would be nice if they had a Debian package for it.