* regex/regcomp.c (p_ere): Allow vertical-line following

left-parenthesis in ERE, as in glibc.

winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-11  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@...>
+
+	* regex/regcomp.c (p_ere): Allow vertical-line following
+	left-parenthesis in ERE, as in glibc.
+
 2012-06-10  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/sys/elf_common.h (R_386_16): Define.

winsup/cygwin/regex/regcomp.c

@@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ p_ere(struct parse *p,
 		conc = HERE();
 		while (MORE() && (c = PEEK()) != '|' && c != stop)
 			p_ere_exp(p);
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
+		/* undefined behaviour according to POSIX; allowed by glibc */
 		(void)REQUIRE(HERE() != conc, REG_EMPTY);	/* require nonempty */
+#endif
 
 		if (!EAT('|'))
 			break;		/* NOTE BREAK OUT */