Re: doc-base control file madness

[Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:

    Ben> I've recently looked into the doc-base control file
    Ben> format. It seems pretty sane, except I realized since it does
    Ben> not provide for any macro expansion, I will have to edit the
    Ben> 8 or 9 doc control files libgtk1.1.13-doc (and 1.1.14, and
    Ben> 1.1.15, ad nauseum) provides EVERY SINGLE TIME there is a new
    Ben> release.

    Dale> Can't you use something like m4 as a pre-processor and do
    Dale> macro expansion that way?

That would work, but it would be nice if it were built into the
control file language. Many people will need this functionality in the
future.

Ben

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