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Rainer Meier <r.me...@wpkg.org> wrote:
> Hi David,
> On 09.02.2012 13:18, David Petterson wrote:
>> Maybe you can add a /validateonly flag to the wpkg.js or something? :)
> That does not make too much sense given the fact that WPKG itself does
> never do
> a full validation of the XML files during read. In general WPKG requires a
> well-formed XML and it will just ignore tags which are not used or invalid.
> The proper way to do validation is to use the XSD files with an XML
> validator.
> Basic syntax checks with WPKG can be done using the /dryrun command if you do
> not wish WPKG to apply any changes while you're validating.
>> I have moved all my individual package/profile xml files to a separate share
>> where I create/edit the files. Then I run my merge script before the
>> merged file
>> is copied to the live share. It would be great to be able to run the
>> validate
>> with wpkg before the files are copied.
> You might run xmllint or similar validator after your merging is done.
> This is
> much more accurate than running WPKG with the /dryrun parameter (or
> execute any
> queries) since WPKG only complains if some basic syntax errors occur.
And the complaint might not be particularly informative.
Earlier today I missed the / out of a tag, and was informed that the
packages file didn't have a document header. I guess it was because it
failed to find the closing tag of the document header, but it was
rather confusing.
> br,
> Rainer
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