Re: [PATCH] kconfig: dont hardcode path to lsmod

[John Kacur]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 17:29 +0100, John Kacur wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
> > index 0d80082..1803d2e 100644
> > --- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
> > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
> > @@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ foreach my $makefile (@makefiles) {
> >  my %modules;
> >  
> >  # see what modules are loaded on this system
> > -open(LIN,"/sbin/lsmod|") || die "Cant lsmod";
> > +# If lsmod isn't in the sbin dir, check if it is in the path
> > +open(LIN,"/sbin/lsmod|") || open(LIN,"lsmod|") || die "Cant lsmod";
> 
> I've tried this before, but it gives an error that the "|" pipe failed.
> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 
> >  while (<LIN>) {
> >  	next if (/^Module/);  # Skip the first line.
> >  	if (/^(\S+)/) {
> 
> 

Are you sure? It works for my test toy program.
First tested with the hardcoded path, and then giving a nonsense name 
instead of sbin so that it uses the PATH variable.

John
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