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

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Wed Feb 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM CET, Shaik Moin via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Hi team,
>
> I updated master branch patch. Please check.

Hello,

Sorry, but this patch is not acceptable on stable branches under the
policy[0] regarless to its master merging status.

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

Regards,
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026, 2:23 pm Yoann Congal, <yoann.congal@smile.fr> wrote:
>
>> On Wed Feb 11, 2026 at 8:23 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 grepping style matching
>> works as expected with various patterns and input files.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Shaik Moin <moins@kpit.com>
>> > ---
>> >  .../libpcre/libpcre2/run-ptest                | 39 +++++++------------
>> >  .../recipes-support/libpcre/libpcre2_10.43.bb | 22 +++++------
>> >  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>>
>> Thanks for the patches but, as I already wrote, 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,
>> --
>> Yoann Congal
>> Smile ECS
>>
>>


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