2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 995c7ee..cd9cf64 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- parse only once usb.ids (avoids displaying Duplicate errors)
+
 Version 0.8.5 - 14 September 2009, Pascal Terjan
 
 - do not display any warning when driver field is empty in
diff --git a/names.c b/names.c
index d9ed81a..a39425d 100644
--- a/names.c
+++ b/names.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static struct genericstrtable *hutus[HASHSZ] = { NULL, };
 static struct genericstrtable *langids[HASHSZ] = { NULL, };
 static struct genericstrtable *countrycodes[HASHSZ] = { NULL, };
 
+static int init_done = 0;
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 static const char *names_genericstrtable(struct genericstrtable *t[HASHSZ], unsigned int index)
@@ -799,7 +801,9 @@ static void parse(usb_file f)
 int names_init(char *n)
 {
 	usb_file f;
-	
+	if(init_done)
+		return 0;	
+	init_done = 1;
 	if (!(f = usb_fopen(n, "r"))) {
 		return errno;
 	}