* Daniel Leidert [2007-03-11 06:15:12 +0100]:
> Some long time ago you wrote,
Must have been shortly after the sarge release...
> > I'm trying to figure out how to integrate existing local catalogs,
> > installed on a distributed file system (AFS in my case, but it could
> > just as easily be NFS or SMB), with Debian's /etc/xml/catalog.
> >
> > The easiest (but maybe not the most robust) way would be to use a
> > <nextCatalog> element pointing to the catalog I'm already keeping on the
> > network share. Unfortunately, update-xmlcatalog only allows --type
> > (public|system|uri); I see no way to make it generate a <nextCatalog>
> > element (least of all in the root catalog, where I'd prefer to put it).
> >
> > My main reason for wanting <nextCatalog> support is that a number of XML
> > bundles out there ship with their own catalog.xml files, and it seems
> > easiest to just include them in this way.
>
> Any problems with expanding the XML_CATALOG_FILES environment variable
> (filenames, separated by colons or spaces IIRC)?
I wasn't aware of that feature. It may be worth highlighting more
prominently.
Separating the filenames with colons does not seem to work in sarge.
See the discussion starting at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2002-October/msg00026.html
(the thread's subject is "Lists in XML_CATALOG_FILES") for details.
Separating them with spaces does work; thank you.
> You cna simply create
> you own catalog using the xmlcatalog utility and simply merge the Debian
> root catalog and your own catalog together by adding them both to the
> XML_CATALOG_FILES environment variable. Is this an solution to your
> problem?
It should be workable. Now, as usual with these things, the question is
how to make sure people find out about this before they decide to file a
bug report (which may go unanswered for a year or two...)
I've just looked at
http://debian-xml-sgml.alioth.debian.org/
and noticed that the latest Debian XML policy draft, dated 2004-04-12
(has there really been no activity in the last three years?), does not
mention XML_CATALOG_FILES at all, and fails to consider the need I
expressed: to be able to add catalog files that aren't neatly packaged
in a .deb.
So: please improve the documentation.
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