Index: pcre-7.1/pcrecpp.cc
===================================================================
--- pcre-7.1.orig/pcrecpp.cc
+++ pcre-7.1/pcrecpp.cc
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int NewlineMode(int pcre_options)
     else if (newline == 3338)
       newline_mode = PCRE_NEWLINE_CRLF;
     else
-      assert("" == "Unexpected return value from pcre_config(NEWLINE)");
+      assert("Unexpected return value from pcre_config(NEWLINE)");
   }
   return newline_mode;
 }