Arne, Thank you for your quick reply but I don't think this solves my problem. It only solves it for the proof-of-concept which I made to proof, the bug in Poco regex functionality.
Our system does not even link against libPCRE but uses Poco. If I change the proof-of-concept to a Poco only solution (see attachment) I still have the problem of a non functioning regex. $ g++ regex.cc -lPocoFoundation $ ./a.out Poco 0x01030600 on Linux 4.2.0-35-generic @ x86_64 Poco match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no Poco match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no $ ldd ./a.out linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffe94177000) libPocoFoundation.so.9 => /usr/lib/libPocoFoundation.so.9 (0x00007f14dd744000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f14dd440000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f14dd229000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f14dce64000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f14dcc46000) libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f14dca07000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f14dc7ee000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f14dc5ea000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f14dc3e1000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f14dc0db000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000055cbc9c93000) $ LD_PRELOAD=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 ./a.out Poco 0x01030600 on Linux 4.2.0-35-generic @ x86_64 Poco match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes Poco match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no $ LD_PRELOAD=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 ldd ./a.out linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffed2c4f000) /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f34efa89000) libPocoFoundation.so.9 => /usr/lib/libPocoFoundation.so.9 (0x00007f34ef722000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f34ef41d000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f34ef207000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f34eee42000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f34eec23000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f34eea0a000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f34ee806000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f34ee5fd000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f34ee2f7000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000564cbde41000) ** Attachment added: "regex.cc" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/+bug/1361610/+attachment/4669408/+files/regex.cc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pcre3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361610 Title: libPCRE3 8.31 regex matching is not working Status in pcre3 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in poco package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: It looks like that libPCRE3 8.31 included in Ubuntu 13.10 does not handle regex matching alright. This also affects the libPocoFoundation RegularExpression classes. I attached a proof-of-concept which tests a good and bad heystack string to a regex pattern with Poco, Boost and PCRE. I tested it on two different machines with the following output: Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 17:26:33 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux Poco 0x01030600 on Linux 3.11.0-13-generic @ i686 Poco match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no --> NOT CORRECT Poco match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no Boost match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes Boost match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no PCRE 8.31 2012-07-06 PCRE match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes PRCE match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes --> NOT CORRECT Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 3.8.0-29-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 14 15:31:16 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Poco 0x01030600 on Linux 3.8.0-29-generic @ i686 Poco match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes --> OK Poco match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no Boost match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes Boost match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no PCRE 8.12 2011-01-15 PCRE match 1234567890 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? yes PRCE match 123456789 to pattern ^[0-9]{10} matches? no --> OK To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre3/+bug/1361610/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp