Re: [help-gengetopt] option name collision with builtin 'include' special directive

[Lorenzo Bettini]

On 10/26/2010 04:31 PM, Papp Gyozo (VBuster) wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Since version 2.19, it is possible to include other files (i.e., other 
> configuration files) in a configuration file, by using the include syntax:
>
>       include "filename"
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/gengetopt.html#Configuration-files
>
> Actually, we've run into the issue that our product has an option with same name: 
> "include".
>
> My concerns are:
> - gengetopt runs fine without prompting there could be a potential problem.
> - gengetopt has no option to disable this feature or rename the builtin 
> directive.
>    Ot at least I can't see, in this case please point it out to me.
>
> Unfortunately, we are in crazy hurry to publish the version of our product and 
> we must keep backward compatibility, too. So changing the application is not 
> option this time again.

Hi there

if you're in crazy hurry, I suggest you to manually modify the generated 
parser and remove the use of "include" as a keyword with another string 
(e.g., "FOOBAR"), in the line

if (!strcmp(fopt,"include")) {

this is a dirty hack but at least will keep you going for the moment.

Then, we can think of a solution for this... e.g., using an escape 
character for options whose name is right "include", e.g., "\include"...

hope to hear from you soon
cheers
        Lorenzo

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