Re: [htdig-dev] Problems with whatsnew.pl

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

According to Peter Wurbs:
> I tried to use whatsnew.pl together with htdig 3.2.0b4.
> My config:
> - whatsnew.pl # modified 26 Oct 1998 (c) 1998 Jacques Reynes
> - htdig 3.2.0b4
> - Solaris 7
> - Berceley-DB 4.0.14
> - BerceleyDB.pm 0.17
> 
> I configured in the correct way. Otherwise I had error messages.
> But there is no any found URL in the result html-page.
> I debugged a little bit and added print-messages in the whatsnew.pl. 
> As a conclusion it seems, that whatsnew does'nt open the database in a
> correct manner. Additionally, no any warning is given, if a give the
> wrong parameter as the database index file.

The modified date for whatsnew.pl should be an immediate clue.  The
3.2 version of htdig didn't start to be developed until the last couple
years, and whatsnew.pl hasn't even kept up with early developments in
the 3.1.x series in 2999, so it's pretty hopeless to try to get it to
work with 3.2.  There is a different whatsnew script on ftp.ccsf.org
that can handle 3.1.x databases, but it's a bit tricky to get it to
work because it requires special Perl libraries.  There's nothing
equivalent for 3.2.

I've proposed modifications to htsearch (for 3.1 and 3.2) which would
allow it to be used as part of a what's new facility.  As an integral
part of the main source tree, it would be able to keep up with new
developments and changes to the database structures.  However, these
modifications have yet to be developed.

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
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