pcre2 library is not in Ubuntu Main, and therefore cannot be used, at runtime, by such a core package as systemd.
once pcre2 is available in main, and thus has full Ubuntu Security support, I will be able to enable pattern matching support. ** Also affects: pcre2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Journalctl compiled without pattern matching support + Journalctl compiled without pattern matching support, pcre2 is not in main ** No longer affects: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: pcre2 (Ubuntu Bionic) ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Milestone: ubuntu-18.03 => later ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751006 Title: Journalctl compiled without pattern matching support, pcre2 is not in main Status in pcre2 package in Ubuntu: New Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Please add pattern matching support to journalctl. At the moment, the -g (--grep) option as described in the man page doesn't work: ╰─▶ journalctl --grep=xhci-hcd Compiled without pattern matching support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcre2/+bug/1751006/+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