linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: improve config-file support

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Message-ID: <20100513095652.34aea727@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 09:56:52 +0200
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: improve config-file support

On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:28:53 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 23:12 +0200, florian@...kler.org wrote:
> > This changes the syntax of the config-file introduced in the commit
> > "scripts/get_maintainer.pl: add .get_maintainer.conf default options
> > file".
> > Entries are now of the more commonly found form:
> > 	key = value
> > where keys are cmd-line arguments without the "--" prefixed.
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion one way or another about the
> .conf file format.
> 
> Another option which could be useful:  --noconf, don't read the file.
> 
> > as well as warn if unrecognized options are
> > specified.
> 
> The old approach does that as well.

True.

> 
> > +if (!GetOptions( \%prefs,
> 
> I think you don't need to repeat the options.
> Doesn't this work?
> 	if (!GetOptions(\%prefs)) {
> 	    die "$P: invalid argument - use --help if necessary\n";
> 
No, GetOpts::Long needs a special markup for parsing the cmdline
string, like =s for specifying that that option is accompanied by a
string value or the ! for specifying that it is a flag. 
Also there are aliases defined for config-options.

Cheers,
Flo

p.s.: maybe there is a GetOpts feature to use config-files?
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