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Bug 333815

Summary:	confusing behavior when 'output dir' passed to configuro -o contains a dot '.' char
Product:	[Technology] RTSC	Reporter:	Chris Ring <cring>
Component:	Tools	Assignee:	Dave Russo <d-russo>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	d-russo, dfriedland
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Chris Ring

2011-01-09 19:52:40 EST

A dot '.' char is a special character in XDC.  If configuro is passed a folder name with a '.' in it (e.g. "configuro -o foo.bar"), strange errors ensue (a pkg with a nested namespace is created and "things in the generated pkg get confused").

It's probably ok to restrict output folder to not having a '.' in it, but configuro should validate the outdir arg early - perhaps for '.' and other reserved chars - and provide a meaningful error.

Comment 1 Dave Russo

2012-01-12 18:38:31 EST

the configuro output directory name is constrained to be a valid package name.  It must, therefore be a valid C identified name.

Unfortunately, this constraint is not checked and, as a result bizarre errors (from the user's point of view) result.

Comment 2 Dave Russo

2012-01-12 19:43:23 EST

fixed by adding additional check of generated package name in mkpkg.xdt (r1609, for xdctools 3.24).

Comment 3 Dave Russo

2016-01-12 00:48:56 EST

closing bugs that have been in resolved state for more than a year

Comment 4 Dave Russo

2016-02-17 18:42:38 EST

in fixed state for more than one year