[Rd] configure --with-pcre1 fails with latest R 4.0 on Ubuntu 14.04

[Hervé Pagès]

Using --with-pcre1 to configure the latest R 4.0 (revision 77988) on an 
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS system gives me the following error:

...
checking if lzma version >= 5.0.3... yes
checking for pcre2-config... no
checking for pcre_fullinfo in -lpcre... yes
checking pcre.h usability... yes
checking pcre.h presence... yes
checking for pcre.h... yes
checking pcre/pcre.h usability... no
checking pcre/pcre.h presence... no
checking for pcre/pcre.h... no
checking if PCRE1 version >= 8.32 and has UTF-8 support... no
checking whether PCRE support suffices... configure: error: pcre2 
library and headers are required, or use --with-pcre1

Maybe the real problem is that the PCRE version on this OS is 8.31?

The error message is not particularly helpful.

Thanks,
H.

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Hervé Pagès

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