Module development and code questions

hi,

i checked already the drupal handbook, on most of the content i do not have any access...
i checked my forum aswell for infos,

fact is my search moule in on but i get error messages like

warning: Compilation failed: characters with values > 255 are not yet supported in classes at offset 52 in /var/www/html/drupal/modules/search.module on line 258.

warning: Compilation failed: characters with values > 255 are not yet supported in classes at offset 143 in /var/www/html/drupal/modules/search.module on line 266.

I'm trying to build a site that lists multiple podcasts for people to download. The thing I want to do is add a description to each of the RSS feeds so people can decide if the 'cast is for them before they download it. Is this something that is already available or does anyone know how to do it?

How to override function user_register($edit = array()) in user.module? That it will not be necessary to change user.module.
Is there somethink like this?

function phptemplate_user_register($edit = array()) {
return _phptemplate_user_register('user_register', array('edit'=>$edit) );
}

But for module functions?

Thank You

I have a totally weird problem which I have described here, but which might be more appropriate under module development.
I get an occasional error calling drupal-set-html_head on the grounds that it does not exist!

Right now I am mystified and would appreciate any help that anyone could give in sorting it out - just pointers in the right direction, or indeed in any direction at all, would be nice. 'Cos as it is, I'm stumped.

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was any function in the API to create roles whenever a module is in use? I'd like to be able to programmatically change the access rights given to a specific user through a customized interface, instead of forcing the administrator to use the drupal interface to do so.

I received this by e-mail on June 9:

we are pleased to inform you that your CVS account request has been approved. It will be activated shortly.

It has now been almost four days and when I try to do a CVS checkout I get this message:

PAM authenticate error: User not known to the underlying authentication module
cvs.exe [checkout aborted]: authorization failed: server cvs.drupal.org rejected access to /cvs/drupal-contrib for user larssg

Did something go wrong or am I being impatient?