[edk2-devel] edk2setup.sh shortcomings
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Thu Feb 2 16:50:32 UTC 2023
On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 12:29:32PM +0100, tlaronde at polynum.com wrote:
> edk2setup.sh has shortcomings. To list some:
>
> - The functions return a status but it is not tested; hence the
> script goes to the end with a final "return $?" that simply
> returns the status of the last command that is "unset" which
> always successfully unsets, even a not set variable. Hence a
> script can not catch a failure by testing the end status that is
> always 0;
> - If WORKSPACE is set, --reconfig does nothing;
> - If EDK_TOOLS_PATH and PACKAGES_PATH are set, even to incorrect
> values, the script succeeds even if BaseTools/ is not found
> anywhere;
> - The comments are obsolete (1): bash(1) is required because the syntax
> is not POSIX.2 sh(1) compliant and because some Makefile recipes
> have "bash'isms" (indeed, a GMAKE variable should be exported
> with a definition of "/path/to/gnu/make SHELL=/path/to/bash" and
> a canonical call should be "$GMAKE ...");
> - The comments are obsolete (2): CYGWIN is not treated in anyway
> specifically and, on the contrary, the regexp translation of ':'
> in spaces for PACKAGES_PATH would be sure to create a mess with
> a MS Windows like path;
> - The settings have obviously evolved and the help message does not
> list all the variables that can be set and that do modify the
> way the setting is done;
> - Some commands (notably whereis(1)) are not standard utilities, not
> to be found on all Unix like systems and, even if found, have
> greatly diverging behaviors.
>
> What is the preferred procedure?
Ignore it and to just use BaseTools/BuildEnv directly?
I'm not fully sure what value it adds ...
> Should I file BZ to list all the
> problems so that someone authorized may address them? Or can I propose
> a patch to address these (keeping it backward compatible with a present
> correct use) with a reasonable hope that, as an exception that will not
> become a rule, it will not be ignored?
Sending patches has a much higher chance to succeed, although there is
no guarantee unfortunately.
I'd start with removing code: The python handling it adds should be
obsolete, python2 is EOL and I think meanwhile the python tools require
python3 anyway. So all that can probably replaced with "export
PYTHON_COMMAND=python3".
Leaves less code which needs actual fixing ;)
take care,
Gerd
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