pcretest missing from libpcre

[Rob Lesslie]

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

[Trenton D. Adams (trent-trentonadams)]

Will this be fixed?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Bill Stone (mail-stonebit)]

not fixed in 12.04

[Darren Spruell (phatbuckett)]

Any recent status on this? Have Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS deployed to group of users working with pcre on daily basis and have had to rework some procedures temporarily due to lack of pcretest(1). Would like to see it return to system.

[phpclub (phpclub)]

Please return pcretest to 12.04 LTS !!

[Joseph Lust (lifeoflust)]

Happy 3rd Birthday PCRETest defect! It's been great watching you grow up over the years. I remember your first birthday like it was just yesterday. Ignored defects sure do grow up fast.

[UBUCATZ (ubucatz)]

Unbelievable. This is why people hate Ubuntu.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

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.