Re: [OE-core][scarthgap][PATCH 1/2] libpcre2: Enable Ptest Support

Yoann Congal
2026-02-08T23:30:52Z

On Tue Jan 20, 2026 at 8:36 AM CET, Shaik Moin via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Install libpcre2 test suite and run it as ptest.
>
> Add tests for POSIX wrapper (pcre2posix_test), core PCRE2 engine (RunTest), and grep utility (RunGrepTest).
>
> pcre2posix_test: Verifies the POSIX wrapper API
> RunTest: Executes the core PCRE2 test suite through pcre2test
> RunGrepTest: Checks pcre2grep to ensure its grep‑style matching works as expected with various patterns and input files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shaik Moin <moins@kpit.com>
> ---
> .../distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc | 1 +
> .../libpcre/libpcre2/run-ptest | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
> .../recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb | 21 ++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2/run-ptest

Hello,

Thanks for the patches but adding ptest is not usually acceptable under
the stable policy[0]. That also applies to your kirkstone patch.

[0]: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_Release_and_LTS#Stable/LTS_Patch_Acceptance_Policies

Regards,
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Yoann Congal
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