[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit v2 3/6] file: Make the file= parameter into a magic config key.

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Sat Sep 8 21:10:30 UTC 2018


On 09/08/2018 03:15 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> ---

> +++ b/plugins/file/nbdkit-file-plugin.pod
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ nbdkit-file-plugin - nbdkit file plugin
>   
>   =head1 SYNOPSIS
>   
> - nbdkit file file=FILENAME
> + nbdkit file FILENAME
>   
>   =head1 DESCRIPTION
>   
> @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ be used here.
>   
>   This parameter is required.
>   
> +In nbdkit E<ge> 1.7, C<file=> may be omitted.  To ensure that the

Since you released 1.7.0 without this series, you'll need to tweak this 
wording.

> +filename does not end up being parsed accidentally as C<key=value>,
> +prefix relative paths with C<./> (absolute paths do not need
> +modification).
> +
>   =item B<rdelay>
>   


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