options: Change 'pcre' as --regex-type instead of 'posix'

Closes #256
ArchiveTeam · Mar 23, 2015 · ae42a72 · ae42a72
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diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Summary of notable changes.
 .. Take advice from http://keepachangelog.com/.
 
 
+Unreleased
+==========
+
+* Fixed: ``--regex-type`` to accept ``pcre`` instead of ``posix``. Regular expressions always use Python's regex library. Posix regex is not supported.
+
+
 1.0 (2015-03-14)
 ================
 

diff --git a/doc/differences.rst b/doc/differences.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Missing in Wpull
 * ``--no-passive-ftp``
 * ``--mirror``
 * ``--strict-comments``: No plans for support of this option.
+* ``--regex-type=posix``: No plans to support posix regex.
 * Features greater than Wget 1.15.
 
 

diff --git a/wpull/options.py b/wpull/options.py
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ def _add_accept_args(self):
         group.add_argument(
             '--regex-type',
             metavar='TYPE',
-            choices=['posix'],
+            choices=['pcre'],
             help=_('use regex TYPE')
         )
         group.add_argument(