[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] bitbake: fetch2: Make SRCREV_FORMAT name substitution safer

[Ulf Magnusson]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Given two names "foo" and "foobar" and SRCREV_FORMAT = "foo_foobar",
> "foo" might currently get substituted twice. Work around the issue by
> sorting the list of names by length and substituting longer names first.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer at gmail.com>
> ---
>  bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
> index 11c75cc..4ca024e 100644
> --- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
> +++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
> @@ -764,7 +764,10 @@ def get_srcrev(d, method_name='sortable_revision'):
>      seenautoinc = False
>      for scm in scms:
>          ud = urldata[scm]
> -        for name in ud.names:
> +        # Sort the list of names and replace the longest names first. Given two
> +        # names "foo" and "foobar", this prevents "foo" being substituted twice
> +        # in "foo_foobar" (and "foobar" from not being substituted at all).
> +        for name in sorted(ud.names, key=len, reverse=True):
>              autoinc, rev = getattr(ud.method, method_name)(ud, d, name)
>              seenautoinc = seenautoinc or autoinc
>              if len(rev) > 10:
> --
> 2.5.0
>

A syntax like the following would have been safer, but it might be too
late for that now.

  SRCREV_FORMAT = "{foo}_{foobar}"

Cheers,
Ulf