Regression in JIT matching with ^

Bug #1945493 reported by Stuart Auchterlonie
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
MythTV
New
Undecided
Unassigned
pcre2 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Impish
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Bug Description

pcre2 10.37 has a regression with its (jit) matching results.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install pcre2-tools
2. Run `pcre2test -jit`
3. At re> prompt, enter (with the quotes):
   "#(A+)#\d+"
4. At the data> prompt, enter:
   #A#A#0

Actual results:

"No Match" in 21.10 - Impish Indri Beta

Expected results:

"#A#0" / "A" in 21.04 - hirsuite

Upstream:
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2764 (fixed)

Other info:

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Impish Indri (development branch)
Release: 21.10
Codename: impish

Revision history for this message
Stuart Auchterlonie (stuarta) wrote :

This was fixed upstream in https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=1315
which won't land before the next pcre2 release, leaving impish with a regression to
previous releases

Changed in mythtv:
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pcre2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pcre2 (Ubuntu Impish):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pcre2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.

Changed in pcre2 (Ubuntu Impish):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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