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Channel log from 2 June 2019   (all times are UTC)

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18:53
<alkisg>
I'm thinking to promote all our conf files to "shell sourceable, that MAY have [sections]"
18:53
So for example /etc/ltsp/ltsp.conf may have just: BASE_DIR=/opt/ltsp
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while /etc/ltsp/image.conf may have (with newlines inbetween): [buster-gnome] PARTITION=1 [bionic-mate] PARTITION=2 SQUASHFS_OPTIONS="no compression etc"
18:53
That would mean that the new lts.conf, now called /etc/ltsp/client.conf, should be case sensitive, and not allow spaces around =
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Globs are supported in all sections, interpreted with shell's "case" command
18:54
<vagrantc>
by shell-sourceable, you mean individual lines, as the [] will evaluate in shell
18:55
?
18:55
<alkisg>
The [sections] get translated to shell functions by an awk script
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[name] ==> section_name() {
18:55
<vagrantc>
ok, so the file itself isn't sourceable
18:56
<alkisg>
No; it needs to be: eval "$(ini2sh.awk < file.conf)"
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example conf: https://termbin.com/7p4x ==> converted to shell: https://termbin.com/v35r
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<vagrantc>
i could see end-users getting some really surprising and hard to debug syntax errors with a few small typos
18:57
<alkisg>
I run `sh -n file.conf` on all files
18:57
<vagrantc>
not that we're immune to that now
18:57
<alkisg>
So they'll get the appropriate error messages
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Note the generated section_call() { in that second link
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<vagrantc>
sh -n only catches so many things
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<alkisg>
True; but they're supposed to be simple anyway; it catches more than getltscfg
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So, all sections support globs, as they're translated to shell's case
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A deliberate side effect is that advanced users can embed code in configuration files, if and when it makes sense
19:00
<vagrantc>
whoah, the functions self-destruct! :)
19:00
<alkisg>
No it's to avoid infinite recursion
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Like .c #define __file__ / #undef __file__ lines
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So if LIKE=section1 then LIKEs=section2, it won't loop forever
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<vagrantc>
i kind of like the overall idea, but a little hesitant to give it a full tumbs-up ...
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thumbs
19:04
<quinox>
it's better than inventing your own dynamic configuration language :)
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<vagrantc>
alkisg: what's the "line directive ..." stuff?
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<alkisg>
just testing that = works as expected, i.e. not a directive there but a command
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ah sorry, that's a multiline variable
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e.g. a complete fstab_x= with 2 lines
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