libarchive: drop support for libpcre (not libpcre2), which is EOL

Author: bgilbert

releases.json

@@ -1714,6 +1714,7 @@
       "libarchive"
     ],
     "versions": [
+      "3.8.1-2",
       "3.8.1-1",
       "3.7.9-1",
       "3.7.8-1",

subprojects/packagefiles/libarchive/meson.build

@@ -496,24 +496,6 @@ and cc.has_function(
         cdata.set('HAVE_REGEX_H', 1)
         break
       endif
-    elif rx_support == 'libpcreposix'
-      pcre_dep = dependency(
-        'libpcreposix',
-        disabler: true,
-        required: false,
-      )
-      # Note: on macOS, Apple provides a system pcre with pkg-config but without headers…
-      if cc.has_header(
-        'pcreposix.h',
-        dependencies: pcre_dep.partial_dependency(
-          compile_args: true,
-          includes: true,
-        ),
-      )
-        rx_dep = pcre_dep
-        cdata.set('HAVE_PCREPOSIX_H', 1)
-        break
-      endif
     elif rx_support == 'libpcre2posix'
       pcre2_dep = dependency(
         'libpcre2-posix',

subprojects/packagefiles/libarchive/meson_options.txt

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ option(
 option(
     'regex_provider',
     type: 'array',
-    choices: ['libc', 'libregex', 'libpcreposix', 'libpcre2posix'],
+    choices: ['libc', 'libregex', 'libpcre2posix'],
     description: 'Regex implementation to check for in preferred order',
 )