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Add support for 'search-path-specifications' referring to files |
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Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:02:20 +0200 |
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See use case below.
John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:23:12AM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:59:17PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > The problem is that ???search-path-specification??? is meant for
> $PATH-like
> > variables that list directories, not files.
> >
> > That occurred to me too. But what problems does it actually cause?
>
> That we can???t use it for $XML_CATALOG_FILES.
>
> > So I see two solutions:
> >
> > 1. Patch libxml2 so that it honors a new variable, say
> > $XML_CATALOG_DIRECTORIES, which would allow us to use
> > ???search-path-specification???.
> >
> > 2. Augment support for search paths to allow file-based search
> paths.
> >
> > (2) may be best in the long run, but it has ramifications in
> different
> > places.
> >
> >
> > (1) seems like a good idea only if upstream can be persuaded to adopt
> it.
>
> Which is unlikely, given that it???s redundant with $XML_CATALOG_FILES.
>
> > What are the ramifications of (2) ?
>
> There are changes in the build tools, for instance
> ???search-path-as-list???
> (used by ???set-path-environment-variable???, used in
> gnu-build-system.scm)
> expects directories, not files. And all this calls things
> ???directories???.
>
> This is a change we could schedule for the next core-updates.
>
> This sounds like it is the most sensible solution.
>
> J'
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Re: bug#18033: Add support for 'search-path-specifications' referring to files |
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Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:57:26 +0100 |
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Commit af07095 extends ‘search-path-specification’ with a ‘file-type’
field, which can be 'regular.
Then, commit 7b21fe5 adds a ‘file-pattern’ field, to look for files
matching a pattern recursively.
Lastly, commit 2a8d440 uses these features for libxml2 and
$XML_CATALOG_FILES.
Comments welcome!
Ludo’.
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