[gfsd]Directory Search Function

[Janet Casey]

We are having problems with the Directory search function on
http://www.gnu.org/directory/. Richard asked me to write to you so
that you could check to see if the problem is on our end before I
write to the maintainers of the search program (ht:Dig).

Number one below is the most important. If you have any further
questions, or if there's something I haven't explained in adequate
detail, please write me and I'll try to clarify things.

1. The search function from the main gnu page
(http://www.gnu.org/search.html) successfully pulls up Directory
entries, but the search function from the Directory home page
(http://www.gnu.org/directory/) does not.

Also, the section of the http://www.gnu.org/directory/ page that lists
categories does not reflect the current category listing. The current
category listing has been checked into CVS. I don't know if the
program can automatically generate HTML for that page. 

If it cannot, and all that is now needed is a new listing of the
categories and HTML for the page, I could have a shot at it. If the
problem is more complicated, I can't help.

However, the search function from the alphabetical page
(http://www.gnu.org/directory/listing.html) does work.

2. The 'recent packages' link does not pick up the most recent
packages, either new entries or updated versions of already entered
packages.

3. Perl modules with a double colon in the middle (ie Date::Calc) are
not handled correctly on the http://www.gnu.org/directory/listing.html
page. In the alphabetical listing of packages, the programs are listed
as links but the links don't work.



Janet Casey
Free Software Foundation
http://www.gnu.org
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