From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 29 8:29:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from coredump.lovett.com (hub.lovett.com [216.60.121.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D89D537BBDD for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 08:29:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ade@lovett.com) Received: from ade by coredump.lovett.com with local (Exim 3.14 #1) id 12wRTj-0000ZD-00; Mon, 29 May 2000 10:29:19 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 10:29:19 -0500 From: Ade Lovett To: Wes Peters Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Generic config file parser? Message-ID: <20000529102919.A2142@FreeBSD.org> References: <39321407.40926B57@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <39321407.40926B57@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, May 29, 2000 at 12:53:59AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 12:53:59AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > A better choice might be found in XML. Exploring the port of libxml > (in ports/textproc) might be enlightening. XML is almost certainly a better option.. the more I look at it, the more I think it will cover most all of the config file issues that I have, both at home and RealJob[tm]. Be advised, however, the ports/textproc/libxml has a 2.0 version floating around "out there" on the GNOME sites, which does have a reasonable amount of incompatibility at the API level.. my understanding is that the 1.x series is now end-of-life. Having said that, the port isn't going to change quickly.. a whole bunch of stuff depends on it right now. -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message