On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 12:48:59PM +0100, Martin Sj�gren wrote: > s�n 2003-03-16 klockan 15.27 skrev Martin Sj�gren: > > Package: cdebconf > > Version: 0.33 > > Severity: important > > > > When I try to e.g. subst a string with several consecutive spaces (for > > alignment for example), cdebconf wrecks the spacing in its argument > > parsing. cdebconf does piece together the strings again, but only with a > > single space, so the multiple spaces are forgotten. > > The fix is probably simple, move the argument splitting from confmodule > to the individual commands.
Then the debconf protocol should specify when spaces are significant and when they are not. > This will change the API of the command functions though. Since > commands.h et.al. are included in the -dev package, I guess we need > to increase SOVERSION too. Bleagh. > > Maybe we should do some thinking and decide exactly which header files > need to be in the -dev package. debconfclient.h obviously. frontend.h > and whatever the frontends need? Damn, looking at text.c that's a lot. > :( > > But I don't see why confmodule.h and commands.h need to be there. But is there a need for -dev at all? debconfclient.[ch] should go into debconf, these files define a C interface similar to current Perl, Python or shell ones. Other .h files are useless, aren't they? Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
