linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: use python3 to find codespell dictionary

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Message-ID: <CAMGmevBHM-mrZsNGHK44yhHY8kipiErBf=tgqQZ5E3LgHO49TQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Mar 2022 13:01:50 -0500
From:   Sagar Patel <sagarmp@...unc.edu>
To:     Péter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: use python3 to find codespell dictionary

On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 2:58 AM Péter Ujfalusi wrote:
> > In addition, when searching for the dictionary, do not check if the
> > codespell binary exists since codespell can be installed via a Python
> > package manager. In this case, a codespell binary is not exported in
> > $PATH, but a dictionary does exist.
>
> Installing codespell via pip will place the 'codespell' executable under
> the user's $HOME/.local/bin/ and it expects that it is in PATH:

Good point, I'll reword the commit message in v2.

> Having said that, the executable itself is not used by checkpatch.pl, so
>
> Reviewed-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...ux.intel.com>

Thank you!

---Sagar Patel