linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid missing typo suggestions

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Message-ID: <97eb5b4e4db4b50462032b1da0788dd61ed0a30e.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:29:36 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@...aro.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid missing typo suggestions

On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 09:55 +0300, Maxim Uvarov wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 03:39, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

Hi Maxim.

> > btw: My codespell dictionary file moved to
> > /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> > 
> > and I had to use --codespell --codespellfile=(above) so
> > maybe there should be multiple lookups for this file
> > like the array below.
> > 
> > Are there other standard codespell dictionary locations?
> 
> It might be better to support standard and non standard locations.

It already does with the --codespellfile=<location> opti.

> I think it's better to request from codespell where his dictionary is.

Maybe a good idea, but looking at the codespell git, for
versions 1.17 on there are several standard dictionaries.
https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell/tree/v1.17.1/codespell_lib/data

> I created ticket for this:
> https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell/issues/1540

Even if codespell is updated, the script would have to deal
with older versions that don't support requesting that option.

cheers, Joe