Additional issue with mc 4.8.30

[snhirsch]

FYI: For 4.8.30 it's also necessary to double backslashes. After running your awk script:

sudo sed -i '/Regex=/s/\\/\\\\/g' /etc/mc/mc.ext.ini

Apparently a change in one of the dependent libraries caused the problem. It's supposed to be fixed in 4.8.31, FWIW.

[yurytch]

Have you an example of things not working as expected with backslashes not doubled? I've never noticed anything of the kind.

[snhirsch]

Yes, I do. If you convert (or write from scratch) an mc version 4 ext file and try to use it with mc 4.8.30 as packaged in Ubuntu 24.04 you will find that none of the regex based rules work. After doubling up on the slashes it will then operate. Apparently this is a result of changes to glib. You can find discussion here:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=426497

[yurytch]

Thank you, I see. However, it's not caused by my thingy, so what do you suggest I do?
I think I'll just add the issue's description to README.