Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2002/03/14/00:51:16
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Peter J. Farley III wrote:
> Ugh. We're going to need a little automation to match up the programs
> and categories as the DIR file is maintained and expanded. If you
> don't object to gawk code, I could whip up an extractor program to read
> the DIR file and output a new file with program name, tab, category (or
> any other format that seems workable). This new file could than be
> sorted and the result file read by zippo to construct the install-info
> line from the program name.
>
> Or should zippo read the DIR file itself?
Sorry, I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve. I
thought we've already agreed that DIR's maintenance is mostly done
manually, and is only needed when a new package is ported, or a program
is added/deleted from a package. Given that, the amount of effort one
should put into a DSM file is minimal: most packages should not need to
run install-info at all, but instead rely on the existing DIR entries.
In the few exceptional cases, the install-info command in the DSM should
be carefully crafted by hand by the person who does the port. With a few
guidelines, that should be an easy job.
Am I missing something?
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