--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/07/25 01:18:04	1.394
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/07/29 05:22:56	1.395
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.394 2003/07/25 01:18:04 bowersj2 Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.395 2003/07/29 05:22:56 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ sub EXT_cache_set {
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 sub EXT {
-    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection)=@_;
+    my ($varname,$symbparm,$udom,$uname,$usection,$recurse)=@_;
 
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     #get real user name/domain, courseid and symb
@@ -3323,6 +3323,7 @@ sub EXT {
         return $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.'.$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
 
+	my $section;
 	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 
 	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
@@ -3335,7 +3336,6 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
 
-	    my $section;
 	    if (($ENV{'user.name'} eq $uname) &&
 		($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
 		$section=$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
@@ -3426,9 +3426,12 @@ sub EXT {
 	    my $part=join('_',@parts);
 	    if ($part eq '') { $part='0'; }
 	    my $partgeneral=&EXT('resource.'.$part.'.'.$qualifierrest,
-				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname);
+				 $symbparm,$udom,$uname,$section,1);
 	    if (defined($partgeneral)) { return $partgeneral; }
 	}
+	if ($recurse) { return undef; }
+	my $pack_def=&packages_tab_default($filename,$varname);
+	if (defined($pack_def)) { return $pack_def; }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
@@ -3449,6 +3452,20 @@ sub EXT {
     return '';
 }
 
+sub packages_tab_default {
+    my ($uri,$varname)=@_;
+    &logthis(" $varname");
+    my (undef,$part,$name)=split(/\./,$varname);
+    my $packages=&metadata($uri,'packages');
+    foreach my $package (split(/,/,$packages)) {
+	my ($pack_type,$pack_part)=split(/_/,$package,2);
+	if ($pack_part eq $part) {
+	    return $packagetab{"$pack_type&$name&default"};
+	}
+    }
+    return undef;
+}
+
 sub add_prefix_and_part {
     my ($prefix,$part)=@_;
     my $keyroot;
@@ -3517,6 +3534,9 @@ sub metadata {
 		    foreach (keys %packagetab) {
 			if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
 			    my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
+			    # ignore package.tab specified default values
+                            # here &package_tab_default() will fetch those
+			    if ($subp eq 'default') { next; }
 			    my $value=$packagetab{$_};
 			    my $part=$keyroot;
 			    $part=~s/^\_//;
@@ -3524,13 +3544,8 @@ sub metadata {
 				$value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
 			    }
 			    my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
-			    if ($subp eq 'default') {
-				$unikey='parameter_0_'.$name;
-				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}='0';
-			    } else {
-				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
-				$metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-			    }
+			    $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+			    $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
 			    unless (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
 				$metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
 			    }