Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v1] configure: process arguments not starting with dash

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On 13/09/2024 10.56, Nico Boehr wrote:
We have arguments in the configure script which take an additional
parameter, like --host-key-document. The syntax is as follows:

   --host-key-document=PARAMETER

We always expect an equals sign (=) after the argument name and the
parameter.

If the user omits '=' between the argument name and parameter, both
words will be interpreted as parameter-less arguments.

This on its own is not a problem, since the parameter would normally not
be a valid argument name and should hence lead to an error message.
However, this doesn't work currently.

The configure script stops parsing arguments when an argument starting
with something other than a dash is encountered. This means that
specifying arguments such as:

   --host-key-document /tmp/test --gen-se-header=/usr/bin/gen-se-header

Will actually lead to --gen-se-header being ignored. Note the space
instead of equals sign after --host-hey-document.

In addition, --host-key-document only verifies its parameter when it is
not empty so we will just continue as if no arguments were specified in
the case above.

This can be highly confusing, hence consume _all_ specified arguments,
even if they don't start with a dash. This will lead to an error in the
case above.

Signed-off-by: Nico Boehr <nrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  configure | 5 ++++-
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks, applied!

 Thomas





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