On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:13, Geoff Hutchison wrote:
> > - Why was regex.h renamed gregex.h in 3.1.6? It
> > seems to break the configure script, so that it
> > always reports HAVE_BROKEN_REGEX.
>
> Strange, it wasn't doing that for me, but perhaps that's
> because I was using gcc-3.x?
OK. Perhaps I've broken something in my copy... The
problem I had was that configure tries to
#include "HtRegex.c" in the top directory, and it couldn't
find gregex.h (included from HtRegex.h). 3.2.0b4-cvs
seems to happily read the system regex.h...
I take it that the preferred behaviour is to use the
included regex code, with the fall back to use the system
code, rather than the other way around. Is that right?
> > class, but that will mean that the sysadmin can't use
> > sym-links to do things like make machines with
> > different directory structures appear to have the same
> > structure. Is that likely to be a problem?
>
> Yes, I'd think that's a problem. Would it be easier to
> handle a symlink as a redirect?
Hmm... IIRC, redirects do essentially the same as the
patch. The situation I was meaning to describe is:
Computer A: /usr/foo/help.html
/usr/local -> /usr
Computer B: /usr/local/foo/help.html
Using *either* redirects or my patch, a dig on A starting
from <file:///usr/local/> would cause the database entry
<file:///usr/foo/help.html> rather than
<file:///usr/local/foo/help.html>. (Otherwise, it would
also have to include /usr/local/local/.)
That is fine as long as the search *client* (i.e., the
browser, not htsearch) is on computer A, but it points to a
non-existent file on computer B.
(Of course, the system could still be set up this way and
the aliases would work for other applications, but to
ht://Dig the filesystems would not look the same.)
The semantics of a file:/// URL say that it only refers
to the local computer, so using sym-links to try to make
them the same on different computers is technically "not
kosher" anyway, as I understand it.
> the newest versions of automake
> need to use the most current versions of autoconf
> As well, you need to run
> "aclocal" usually.
Thanks.
> > - Geoff, do you still plan to give me CVS access? It
> > would be great if you could.
>
> Yes. I'm wading through a huge e-mail backlog. :-(
Thanks again. My account name is lha. (There is no rush.
I was just hoping that you hadn't changed your mind when
you saw what a newbie I am :)
Merry Christmas :)
Lachlan
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