Package: tasksel
Version: 2.14
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi!
Here is a little patch to support executable .desc files. This way one
can dynamically create the list of available tasks, for example
consulting an alternative source of information (e.g. debtags).
I'd use such trick for the A/DeMuDi CDD.
Cheers,
Free
Index: tasksel.pl
===================================================================
--- tasksel.pl (revision 816)
+++ tasksel.pl (working copy)
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@
sub read_task_desc {
my $desc=shift;
my @ret;
- open (DESC, "<$desc") || die "read $desc\: $!";
+ if (-x $desc) {
+ open (DESC, "$desc|");
+ }
+ else {
+ open (DESC, "<$desc") || die "read $desc\: $!";
+ }
local $/="\n\n";
while (<DESC>) {
my %data;
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