Re: [htdig3-dev] Re: code changes to 3.2 vs 3.1.2


Gilles Detillieux (grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:20:49 -0600 (CST)


According to Geoff Hutchison:
>
> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
>
> > Sounds good to me. I'd like to wrap up 3.1.2 before too long, because there
> > have been a lot of bug fixes since 3.1.1. I think I backported most non-DB
> > changes from 3.2 to 3.1.2 now, but there was the whole Makefile include
> > business that I wasn't sure about. If you think it's an appropriate
> > bug fix for 3.1.2, could you put it in?
>
> It's not a big deal, but it's a bit of a pain to backport (because it
> requires a whole bunch of stuff). It lets the makefiles work with Berkeley
> make. I would lean towards leaving it out because no onre complains much
> about it and it would require hitting every makefile.

No arguments here.

> > I was also wondering about this last change to htdig.cc in 3.1.2:
> ...
> > Is there an advantage to doing this rather than testing excludes.hasPattern()
> > before doing a excludes.FindFirst()? I was wondering why in some cases,
> > one approach is used, and in other cases, another is used.
>
> No, there isn't a real advantage. Using excludes.hasPattern() is probably
> more elegant, but I was doing the equivalent of the advice I give everyone
> else--never set exclude_urls to null, set it to something that could never
> occur.
>
> I'll switch it. If you know of *other* occurences where this happens,
> please let me know.

"htsearch/Display.cc" line 630:
        URLimage.Pattern("<<<");

That's the only other one I've noticed so far. I guess a grep for Pattern
might help, but I have a bus to catch. Ciao!

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