Bug 2434904

Summary: pcre: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f44
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Fedora Release Engineering <releng>
Component: pcreAssignee: Orphan Owner <extras-orphan>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: db-sig, kasal, ljavorsk, lkundrak, ppisar, thoger
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Description Fedora Release Engineering 2026-01-29 05:18:58 UTC 
pcre failed to build from source in Fedora rawhide/f44

https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=141173828


For details on the mass rebuild see:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
Please fix pcre at your earliest convenience and set the bug's status to
ASSIGNED when you start fixing it. If the bug remains in NEW state for 8 weeks,
pcre will be orphaned. Before branching of Fedora 45,
pcre will be retired, if it still fails to build.

For more details on the FTBFS policy, please visit:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
Comment 1 Fedora Release Engineering 2026-01-29 05:19:05 UTC 
Created attachment 2126460 [details]
build.log

file build.log too big, will only attach last 32768 bytes
Comment 2 Fedora Release Engineering 2026-01-29 05:19:10 UTC 
Created attachment 2126461 [details]
root.log

file root.log too big, will only attach last 32768 bytes
Comment 3 Fedora Release Engineering 2026-01-29 05:19:13 UTC 
Created attachment 2126462 [details]
state.log
Comment 4 Lukas Javorsky 2026-02-18 10:25:14 UTC 
I tried to investigate the issue, but since this package is deprecated and I couldn't find a solution to this problem, I've orphaned it.
Comment 5 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2026-02-18 13:02:13 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
Comment 6 Petr Pisar 2026-02-26 15:50:30 UTC 
This fails to build in F45 and F44. It passes in F43. I suspect GCC 16.
Comment 7 Petr Pisar 2026-02-26 15:54:47 UTC 
The failure is in basic tests:

Test 1: Main functionality (Compatible with Perl >= 5.10)
--- ./testdata/testoutput1	2021-06-14 11:17:22.000000000 +0000
+++ testtry	2026-02-26 15:28:32.473896836 +0000
@@ -6,89 +6,89 @@
 
 /the quick brown fox/
     the quick brown fox
- 0: the quick brown fox
+No match
     The quick brown FOX
 No match
     What do you know about the quick brown fox?
- 0: the quick brown fox
+No match
     What do you know about THE QUICK BROWN FOX?
 No match
[...]

It means that /the quick brown fox/ did not match "the quick brown fox".