KConfig Bug?
Benjamin Meyer
ben at meyerhome.net
Thu Jun 26 05:56:03 BST 2003
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On Wednesday 25 June 2003 6:05 pm, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> When I call KConfigBase::deleteEntry("foo") and entry foo exists in my
> global config a "foo[$d]" is created in the local config and from then on
> when I call readEntry("foo") it doesn't see the global config. Now if I
> change my deleteEntry("foo") to deleteEntry("foo", false, true) the local
> config foo line is removed entirely and the global config shows up by
> default on the next readEntry. Now here is the confusing part: the
> deleteEntry API doc states that the second bool statement:
>
> void KConfigBase::deleteEntry (
> const QString & pKey,
> bool bNLS = false,
> bool bGlobal = false
> )
> If bGlobal is true, the pair is not removed from the application specific
> config file, but to the global KDE config file.
>
> But it seems to be doing the opposite. When false (by default) it will add
> the [$d] thus disabling the global entry and when true it removes the line
> entirely thus keeping the global entry. Is this a bug? After wading
> through KConfig the last few hours this is the best I can tell. If so who
> do I report it too?
I have gone through the code in kconfig/kconfiginibackend/kconfigbase and I am
pretty sure that to do what the api says it should do, line 1176 of
kconfigbase.cpp should be changed to
"aEntryData.bGlobal = !bGlobal;" But I am nor the author nor any sort of an
expert on kconfig and simply offer this up as a suggestion.
- -Benjamin Meyer
P.S. After changing KAutoConfig to match what is stated in
kdelibs/kdecore/KCONFIG_DESIGN I was "flamed" and told to revert. If
KCONFIG_DESIGN is incorrect and I should not be using kconfigbase class can
someone please fix the design file because as a developer to spend time
updating code to match the design doc only to be yelled at is really
irritating.
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