Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Bet one needs two wwwoffle.conf's to do that.
>
> Andrew> That is indeed a suitable solution. It does what you want to do and
> Andrew> is simple to implement.
>
> Well, two wwwoffle.conf's is no fun from the users point of view. One
> 500 lines long, the other 501. Only one of them will get updated by
> the updater script upon upgrade, at least here on Debian.
A month ago you were arguing that the automatic update of the
configuration file should not be performed at all. Now you want to
run it twice.
There is absolutely nothing to stop you running the upgrade script on
each of your configuration files. You can run it as many times as you
like on one or more files. Once it has made its changes it won't do
anything the next time.
> One also needs say a wwwoffle.conf.master and a Makefile to produce
> the two different versions of wwwoffle.conf.
You can have a separate file for each section of the configuration
file if you want. Then if you want to turn off all of the DontGet
section you substitute the normal file with an empty file.
> Perhaps things could be easier if we could at any time do minute
> adjustments like $ echo bla > /proc/bla/bla can.
There is a web-page for this type of adjustment.
> Anyway, still need finer control for
> > I want to block new ... coming in when I'm online, but still be able
> > to 'enjoy' previously cached ones when offline
> Some kind of
> dontget-doesnt-apply-offline=true #but then the old functionality can
> #only be had by deleting pages one never wants to see but still wants
> #kept cashed just in case.
>
> >> Also I want a way to get one anyway, perhaps wwwoffle -g, despite my block.
> Andrew> If you have blocked it then it is blocked; this is what the blocking
> Andrew> options do. If you change your mind and want to get it then you will
> Andrew> need to unblock it.
>
> hmmm, perhaps a -gg or a minus-g-overrides-dontget=true #but then to
> #what depth?
If the system administrator has set the DontGet section of the
configuration file to stop you getting certain web pages then how can
any command line option consider letting you bypass his authority?
--
Andrew.
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http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
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