[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] devtools: avoid config backup during test build setup

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 05:22:42PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The config options are updated with sed and the short inline option.
> In FreeBSD, the suffix argument of the inline option is mandatory.
> In order to avoid creating a backup file when using sed inline,
> the argument is set as an empty suffix.
> 
> The short option '-i' does not expect '=' before the suffix argument,
> so it understands '=' as the file suffix.
> As a consequence, a backup file named '.config=' was created
> in the build directory.
> 
> Removing the '=' sign while keeping an empty suffix
> avoids creating a backup file.
> 
> Fixes: 4a4a20c4775b ("devtools: support FreeBSD")
> Cc: olivier.matz at 6wind.com
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Reported-by: Ali Alnubani <alialnu at mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> ---
> 
> This patch does not work on FreeBSD.
> Does it mean the equal sign is required on FreeBSD?
> This is not what I see on the documentation:
> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sed&sektion=&n=1
> 
> ---

It appears it is needed, which is why the "=" was added in the first place.
See commit: 4a4a20c4775b ("devtools: support FreeBSD"), by Olivier

Is having the backup file a big issue?

Regards,
/Bruce