2.8.0-1 returns a compilation error

[subnetmarco]

I am having some trouble installing version 2.8.0-1, since I keep getting the following compilation error on Ubuntu 12.04.5:

gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/api.c -o src/api.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/b64.c -o src/b64.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/dumper.c -o src/dumper.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/emitter.c -o src/emitter.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/loader.c -o src/loader.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/lyaml.c -o src/lyaml.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/parser.c -o src/parser.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/reader.c -o src/reader.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/scanner.c -o src/scanner.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/strtod.c -o src/strtod.o -Isrc
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/luajit-2.0 -c src/writer.c -o src/writer.o -Isrc
gcc -shared -o yaml/core.so -L/usr/local/lib src/api.o src/b64.o src/dumper.o src/emitter.o src/loader.o src/lyaml.o src/parser.o src/reader.o src/scanner.o src/strtod.o src/writer.o
src/pcre/lpcre.c: In function 'Lpcre_fullinfo':
src/pcre/lpcre.c:372:3: error: 'PCRE_INFO_JIT' undeclared (first use in this function)
src/pcre/lpcre.c:372:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
src/pcre/lpcre.c:373:3: error: 'PCRE_INFO_JITSIZE' undeclared (first use in this function)
src/pcre/lpcre.c:380:3: error: 'PCRE_INFO_MAXLOOKBEHIND' undeclared (first use in this function)

Error: Failed installing dependency: https://luarocks.org/lrexlib-pcre-2.8.0-1.src.rock - Build error: Failed compiling object src/pcre/lpcre.o

This problem was not happening with version 2.7.2-1.

[shmuz]

Please pull the last commit and try again.

[jdonaldson]

This issue still exists, and we're still pinning the version of lrexlib-pcre.

[shmuz]

The issue exists in Lrexlib 2.8.0 but it has been fixed since then.
Version 2.8.0 will never change, it will have that issue forever.

[shmuz]

@jdonaldson
Please describe how we could help you, what action would you expect from us?

[jdonaldson]

Can you not just make a new minor version release with the fix? 2.8.0-1 is the latest release, and has this problem.

[shmuz]

Can you not just make a new minor version release with the fix? 2.8.0-1 is the latest release, and has this problem.

We are planning to make a new major release soon (within a month or so) as PCRE2 support was added. Is it OK for you?

[jdonaldson]

That's great news, I'm happy to wait a bit longer. Thanks for your work on this!

[shmuz]

@jdonaldson
The new version 2.9.0 is released.

[jdonaldson]

Thanks for the note!