Sync from GLIBC.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/regex.h b/regex.h
index 6bc503b2..ca619ae5 100644
--- a/regex.h
+++ b/regex.h
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
-   Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
-   02110-1301 USA.  */
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #ifndef _REGEX_H
 #define _REGEX_H 1
@@ -349,9 +348,9 @@ typedef enum
 
 /* This data structure represents a compiled pattern.  Before calling
    the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
-   `translate', and `no_sub' can be set.  After the pattern has been
-   compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available.  All other fields are
-   private to the regex routines.  */
+   and `translate' can be set.  After the pattern has been compiled,
+   the fields `re_nsub', `not_bol' and `not_eol' are available.  All
+   other fields are private to the regex routines.  */
 
 #ifndef RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE
 # define __RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE unsigned char *
@@ -476,7 +475,12 @@ extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax (reg_syntax_t __syntax);
 
 /* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
    and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
-   BUFFER.  Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.  */
+   BUFFER.  Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.
+
+   To free the allocated storage, you must call `regfree' on BUFFER.
+   Note that the translate table must either have been initialised by
+   `regcomp', with a malloc'ed value, or set to NULL before calling
+   `regfree'.  */
 extern const char *re_compile_pattern (const char *__pattern, size_t __length,
 				       struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer);