Upgrading libpcre from version 6.7 to 7.2. The old distributed libpcre was ~900k, this one is 1.3M. But, the old 6.7 vanilla was 4.1M, while 7.2 is 4.9M in size. I've tested it on Linux and Windows, with no problems

libpcre/pcre-config.in

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+exec_prefix_set=no
+
+usage="\
+Usage: pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs] [--libs-posix] [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]"
+
+if test $# -eq 0; then
+      echo "${usage}" 1>&2
+      exit 1
+fi
+
+libR=
+case `uname -s` in
+  *SunOS*)
+  libR=" -R@libdir@"
+  ;;
+  *BSD*)
+  libR=" -Wl,-R@libdir@"
+  ;;
+esac
+
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+  case "$1" in
+  -*=*) optarg=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
+  *) optarg= ;;
+  esac
+
+  case $1 in
+    --prefix=*)
+      prefix=$optarg
+      if test $exec_prefix_set = no ; then
+        exec_prefix=$optarg
+      fi
+      ;;
+    --prefix)
+      echo $prefix
+      ;;
+    --exec-prefix=*)
+      exec_prefix=$optarg
+      exec_prefix_set=yes
+      ;;
+    --exec-prefix)
+      echo $exec_prefix
+      ;;
+    --version)
+      echo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+      ;;
+    --cflags | --cflags-posix)
+      if test @includedir@ != /usr/include ; then
+        includes=-I@includedir@
+      fi
+      echo $includes
+      ;;
+    --libs-posix)
+      echo -L@libdir@$libR -lpcreposix -lpcre
+      ;;
+    --libs)
+      echo -L@libdir@$libR -lpcre
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "${usage}" 1>&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done