regex.h, regcomp and regexec? Standard?

[Andrew Tridgell]

> ...
> This way we could keep all system dependent stuff out of the code (no  
> #ifdef ...) and porting to a new architecture was quite easy, as we could  
> normally find something close to start with, then modify the .h and .c  
> files.
> 
> I do realize that this would be a huge change, but ...
> Would I do it? Yep, I would. But not within two weeks.

yep! it's already done to some extent in Samba. That is exactly what
system.c is for. We haven't done a complete job, but at least we have
started :-)

Cheers, Andrew