Re: [OE-core][master][PATCH] libpcre2: Enabling Ptest support

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

On Mon Mar 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM CET, Mathieu Dubois-Briand via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> On Wed Feb 11, 2026 at 9:01 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>
>> ---
>
> Hi Shaik,
>
> Thanks for your patch.
>
> Can you confirm the oe-core version your are based on? I believe the
> modified file does not exist in master branch:
> https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-support/libpcre

Hello,

For stable branches, I answered[0]:
> I'm sorry but we decided that standalone tests like this one are not
> acceptable for stable inclusion.
> 
> For more detail, see "Clarification on ptest/selftest backports for stable branches"
> https://lore.kernel.org/openembedded-core/DGVX4XQ6VLWT.1HOMXA78ZXLBG@smile.fr/T/#u

[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/DGVXD029L9TG.2EMNRFUGNCBVF@smile.fr/

Regards,
-- 
Yoann Congal
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