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diff --git a/src/regex.h b/src/regex.h
index 990606da4cc..7747ec57629 100644
--- a/src/regex.h
+++ b/src/regex.h
@@ -414,8 +414,12 @@ struct re_pattern_buffer
typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
-/* Type for byte offsets within the string. POSIX mandates this. */
-typedef int regoff_t;
+/* Type for byte offsets within the string. POSIX mandates this to be an int,
+ but the Open Group has signalled its intention to change the requirement to
+ be that regoff_t be at least as wide as ptrdiff_t and ssize_t. Current
+ gnulib sources also use ssize_t, and we need this for supporting buffers and
+ strings > 2GB on 64-bit hosts. */
+typedef ssize_t regoff_t;
/* This is the structure we store register match data in. See
@@ -486,31 +490,33 @@ extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
characters. Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
match, or -2 for an internal error. Also return register
information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero). */
-extern int re_search
+extern regoff_t re_search
_RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
- int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
+ size_t length, ssize_t start, ssize_t range,
+ struct re_registers *regs));
/* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
STRING2. Also, stop searching at index START + STOP. */
-extern int re_search_2
+extern regoff_t re_search_2
_RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
- int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
- int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
+ size_t length1, const char *string2, size_t length2,
+ ssize_t start, ssize_t range, struct re_registers *regs,
+ ssize_t stop));
/* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
in BUFFER matched, starting at position START. */
-extern int re_match
+extern regoff_t re_match
_RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
- int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
+ size_t length, ssize_t start, struct re_registers *regs));
/* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'. */
-extern int re_match_2
+extern regoff_t re_match_2
_RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
- int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
- int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
+ size_t length1, const char *string2, size_t length2,
+ ssize_t start, struct re_registers *regs, ssize_t stop));
/* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
@@ -556,14 +562,15 @@ extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
#endif
/* POSIX compatibility. */
-extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__restrict __preg,
- const char *__restrict __pattern,
- int __cflags));
-
-extern int regexec _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *__restrict __preg,
- const char *__restrict __string, size_t __nmatch,
- regmatch_t __pmatch[__restrict_arr],
- int __eflags));
+extern reg_errcode_t regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__restrict __preg,
+ const char *__restrict __pattern,
+ int __cflags));
+
+extern reg_errcode_t regexec _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *__restrict __preg,
+ const char *__restrict __string,
+ size_t __nmatch,
+ regmatch_t __pmatch[__restrict_arr],
+ int __eflags));
extern size_t regerror _RE_ARGS ((int __errcode, const regex_t *__preg,
char *__errbuf, size_t __errbuf_size));