Re: Include additional checks in update-language
On Mit, 01 Mär 2006, Frank Küster wrote:
> Err, no idea. Is my opinion important enough that I should read up what
> this is all about?
Yes it is, here he short explanation:
Sanai (maintainer of latex-cjk*) issued the wish that update-language
checks wether the files mentioned are also installed (he mistyped the
name of the hyphen file).
So I implemented in update-fontlang checks for language, formats and
fontmaps.
The checks are run only in case the --check is given to the update-*
program. The check routine parses the respective config files and checks
whether all file are currently available via kpsewhich (no further -r
testing).
Pro inclusion:
- it may be useful for some
- language check were not done up to now
- doesn't clutter the file since the functions are not too long
Contra inclusion:
- there are already tests for the .ini file in fmtutil and for missing
map file in updmap (but language is missing) and the missing test
should better be included upstream
- it clutters the update-fontlang script a bit
Currently there is a update-fontlang.withchecks in the svn repos which
implements the checks, and is otherwise the same as the real
update-fontlang.
That's all, I don't mind if the stuff is removed, it was not much work.
Best wishes
Norbert
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