The JIT mode and Perl matches like this: $ printf '%s\n%s\n' '/\A(?:[^"]++|"(?:[^"]*+|"")*+")++/' 'NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER "NOT MATCHED' | pcretest -s++ PCRE version 8.33 2013-05-28 re> data> 0: NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER (JIT) data> While the interpreter mode does not: $ printf '%s\n%s\n' '/\A(?:[^"]++|"(?:[^"]*+|"")*+")++/' 'NON QUOTED "QUOT""ED" AFTER "NOT MATCHED' | pcretest PCRE version 8.33 2013-05-28 re> data> 0: NON QUOTED data> this is fixed with upstream commit: commit d27238d61fdbd404b2caa5eac9332cdf76a604fc Author: ph10 <ph10@2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15> Date: Tue May 27 13:18:31 2014 +0000 Fix empty-matching possessive zero-repeat groups bug. git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre/code/trunk@1478 2f5784b3-3f2a-0410-8824-cb99058d5e15 All Fedoras are affected.
pcre-8.33-6.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcre-8.33-6.fc20
pcre-8.32-10.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pcre-8.32-10.fc19
Package pcre-8.33-6.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing pcre-8.33-6.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-8346/pcre-8.33-6.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
pcre-8.33-6.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
pcre-8.32-10.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.