Norbert> But I assume that one can fix the GNU i-i versions parsing that Norbert> the section search algorithm does not find the description of Norbert> an entry.
As I wrote in my conversation with Eli: yes, in theory. In practice, having lived with this way of doing things for a few years (albeit in Debian i-i, not GNU), I am doubtful that the problems can be eliminated. Ian> wants to keep the existing way and make the new way active dependent Ian> on an option, that's fine for me. But the new code path should not Ian> intersect with the old. Norbert> The new code-path would be Norbert> - parse the info file and extract the section Norbert> - write the info into some sort of config file into a to be specified Norbert> directory. This step is optional. The info files themselves can serve as the config repository, although then there's the additional step of deciding which are the "top" ones holding the metadata. Norbert> - After this read all the config files and generate a dir file from it. Yes. -- A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
