On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 11:25:09AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael A Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>I have been away for a while and would be interested in working on a >>package lint as a way of getting back in the loop. What would you like >>it to check first? >> >>My first thought would be to make it a Perl script. > >I'm open on this. I expect at some point to produce a setup.ini >linter, and that could be called from a perls script easily enough. >(We should have the same parser code reused, to prevent syncronisation >errors). > >>Likely features: 1. No /usr/info/dir allowed. 2. Syntax check >>setup.hints. > >upset is perl now, I'd suggest you extend upset. Also, for efficiency, >write a flag - same foobar.checked - when you check a file (be it a >setup.hint or package), and only recheck if the file is newer than the >flag.
Part of my long term plan is to provide a convenient method of uploading files to sources.redhat.com. I was going to include a package linter in that process since I've already written something that is part of the way there. So, while I appreciate the offer, I think this is something that I will be doing eventually. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
