Re: [xml] more questions on catalogs

[Rick Jones <rick jones2 hp com>]

Chris Wareham wrote:
> Rick Jones wrote:
>
> > > I've not looked through the other patches, but I don't think any changes
> > > that are made to xml2-config have to do with XML catalog support. Those
> > > kind of config scripts are normally just patched to add in things like
> > > default linker paths. Programs don't have to be aware of where the
> > > default catalog is, the library is configured to know when it's built.
> >
> >
> > Programs - or more specifically, installation mechanisms for those 
> > programs - certainly do need to know where the default catalog resides.
> >
> > rick jones
>
> Yes, but in the case of NetBSD's pkgsrc, the "installation mechanism"
> knows where the catalog is - after all, it's part of the system that set
> the catalog's location.

And how can my program - netperf4 - learn where NetBSD decided to stash the catalog?

rick jones