[2.22 PATCH] Correct comments about the history of <regexp.h>.

[Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>]

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In the "Kill regexp.h" thread, Joseph dug up more accurate information
about exactly which editions of the Single Unix Standard included and
deprecated this header.

This only affects comments and NEWS; please consider for 2.22.

zw

	* misc/regexp.h: Correct commentary about the editions of the
	Single Unix Standard that included this header.
	* NEWS: Likewise.
- ---
 NEWS          | 2 +-
 misc/regexp.h | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4c31de7..43dcfdb 100644
- --- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Version 2.22
   release.  Use of this header will trigger a deprecation warning.
   Application developers should update their code to use <regex.h> instead.
 
- -  This header was formerly part of SUSv2, but was deprecated in 1997 and
+  This header was formerly part of SUS, but was deprecated in 1994 and
   removed from the standard in 2001.  Also, the glibc implementation
   leaks memory.  See BZ#18681 for more details.
 
diff --git a/misc/regexp.h b/misc/regexp.h
index 3460989..42394f7 100644
- --- a/misc/regexp.h
+++ b/misc/regexp.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #ifndef _REGEXP_H
 #define _REGEXP_H	1
 
- -/* The contents of this header file were standardized in the
- -   Single Unix Specification, Version 2 (1997) but marked as
- -   LEGACY; new applications were already being encouraged to
- -   use <regex.h> instead.  POSIX.1-2001 removed this header.
+/* The contents of this header file were originally standardized in
+   the Single Unix Specification, Issue 3 (1992).  In Issue 4 (1994)
+   the header was marked as TO BE WITHDRAWN, and new applications
+   were encouraged to use <regex.h> instead.  It was officially
+   withdrawn from the standard in Issue 6 (aka POSIX.1-2001).
 
    This header is provided only for backward compatibility.
    It will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library.
- -- 
2.5.0

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