On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Michael Biebl <mbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/26 Dan Nicholson <dbn.li...@gmail.com>: > > I think if this is really the way to go, then shell is not the right > > tool for the job at runtime. You could write a trivial C program to > > parse that out and spit out the quirks on stdout for pm-utils to use. > > Bash is great, but it is not the right tool for all jobs. > > One obvious alternative is, to generate the quirks database at build > time rather than at runtime on each users computer, and ship it along > with pm-utils. > Definitly -- we want to cut over to a native format anyways, so we would be packaging up the quirks database separate from pm-utils and hal in any case -- sorta like the way hal and hal-info are separated. > The only disadvantage of this approach that I can see, is that local > modification (via hal fdi files in /etc) wouldn't be considered. > It is easy enough to look in the usual places and provide documentation for those users who fall outside our usual locations. > > 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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