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diff --git a/misc/regexp.h b/misc/regexp.h
index 3fc0bc518c..346098945d 100644
--- a/misc/regexp.h
+++ b/misc/regexp.h
@@ -19,14 +19,17 @@
#ifndef _REGEXP_H
#define _REGEXP_H 1
-/* The contents of this header file was first standardized in X/Open
- System Interface and Headers Issue 2, originally coming from SysV.
- In issue 4, version 2, it is marked as TO BE WITDRAWN, and it has
- been withdrawn in SUSv3.
+/* 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.
- This code shouldn't be used in any newly written code. It is
- included only for compatibility reasons. Use the POSIX definition
- in <regex.h> for portable applications and a reasonable interface. */
+ This header is provided only for backward compatibility.
+ It will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library.
+ New code should use <regex.h> instead. */
+
+#warning "<regexp.h> will be removed in the next release of the GNU C Library."
+#warning "Please update your code to use <regex.h> instead (no trailing 'p')."
#include <features.h>
#include <alloca.h>
@@ -182,19 +185,19 @@ compile (char *__restrict instring, char *__restrict expbuf,
case REG_ERPAREN:
default:
/* There is no matching error code. */
- RETURN (36);
+ ERROR (36);
case REG_ESUBREG:
- RETURN (25);
+ ERROR (25);
case REG_EBRACK:
- RETURN (49);
+ ERROR (49);
case REG_EPAREN:
- RETURN (42);
+ ERROR (42);
case REG_EBRACE:
- RETURN (44);
+ ERROR (44);
case REG_BADBR:
- RETURN (46);
+ ERROR (46);
case REG_ERANGE:
- RETURN (11);
+ ERROR (11);
case REG_ESPACE:
case REG_ESIZE:
ERROR (50);