On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:28:26 -0700 "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 4. If the first character was a !, then remember that, strip the ! > from S, and repeat from 2. > 5. If you reach this point, you have something that is not valid. Sorry, but I completely fail to understand what that's supposed to mean. Where does the ! come from? > This means if somebody specified: > sys-fs/ntfs-3g-1.516 > The CAT is 'sys-fs' > and the PN is 'ntfs-3g-1.516' > which does not exist. Exist and valid are two different things, which is the whole issue here. With the restriction we can validate without checking for existance, without it we'd have to rely on existance to check if something is a valid atom or a valid CPV. > I can't see any logical problems with the above. It probably makes > things a lot easier in many places. Can't say anything about that before I understand what you tried to say ;) Marius -- Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
