Re: Using GNU's install-info in Debian instead of dpkg's install-info

[Norbert Preining]

On Sam, 27 Mai 2006, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Norbert> So I don't see where the problem of parsing the DIR file comes
> Norbert> in? Ok, assume someone has messed up our info file. Call
> Norbert> update-info-dir and the messed up file is gone, forever,
> Norbert> recreated.
> 
> It comes in because that's what GNU i-i does to find the section.
> I want to avoid it completely, be it in Debian or in GNU.  If GNU

Ok, but at least we cannot say that a messed up DIR file makes a
problem. The only problem is the parsing algorithm in GNU i-i. What
happens if someone puts the Section text somewhere else.

But I assume that one can fix the GNU i-i versions parsing that the
section search algorithm does not find the description of an entry.

> wants to keep the existing way and make the new way active dependent
> on an option, that's fine for me.  But the new code path should not
> intersect with the old.

The new code-path would be
- parse the info file and extract the section
- write the info into  some sort of config file into a to be specified 
  directory.
- After this read all the config files and generate a dir file from it.

Right?

Best wishes

Norbert

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