Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: fix use via symlink, make missing spelling file non-fatal | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:31:50 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 10:02 +0100, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:29:11AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > [...] > > my $P = $0; > > -$P =~ s@(.*)/@@g; > > -my $D = $1; > > +my $D = dirname(abs_path($P)); > > That changes the value of $P, I don't know if that is intended: > > my $D = dirname(abs_path($0)); > > or > > my $D = abs_path($1); > > perhaps to keep $P as it was.
I did it to show the executable passed on the cmdline better.
It changes --help and some warn/die messages.
It's not particularly important either way.
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