Olivier Berger wrote: > Michael Biebl a écrit : >> Olivier Berger wrote: >>> Package: hal >>> Version: 0.5.10-5 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I get errors like : >>> Feb 18 07:52:05 rms hald[22242]: error in fdi file >>> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/user.fdi:5: not well-formed (invalid token) >>> >>> Whenever /etc/hal/fdi/policy/user.fdi contains : >>> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- --> >>> <!-- >>> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> >>> <device> >>> < !-- optical drives - -> >> ^ ^ >> Xml comment syntax is <!-- -->, > > Yes. > >> so you're fdi file is indeed buggy. > > Wrong. > > See above : first opening of comments on line 2, then rest is just > garbage inside a comment, which the XML parser should ignore. > > > seeing "< !--" inside comments is nothing to care for, right ? Only > "-->" should matter.
Nested comments are not allowed. You should thus have used something like: <!- - - -> Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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