[Bug 889073] Re: pcretest missing from libpcre

[Steve Langasek]

While pcretest was removed first from the Ubuntu version of the package,
this change has been included upstream in Debian.  It is a violation of
Debian policy for such tools to be included in the runtime library
package the way it was, and the Debian maintainer opted to drop the tool
rather than package it separately.

We are not going to reintroduce divergence with Debian to add this tool.
If you think this tool is important to make available, please discuss it
with the Debian maintainer.

** Changed in: pcre3 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  pcretest missing from libpcre

Status in pcre3 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in pcre3 package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  pcretest is not available on 11.10; it was removed from libpcre3 in
  pcre3 (8.12-3ubuntu1)
  (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/p/pcre3/pcre3_8.12-3ubuntu2/changelog).
  There appears to be no package which contains it.

  It should be available.

  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  libpcre3:
    Installed: 8.12-3ubuntu2
    Candidate: 8.12-3ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 8.12-3ubuntu2 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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