Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] bootconfig: Overwrite value on same key by default

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Feb 20 2020 - 12:16:46 EST


On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:19:22 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, bootconfig does not overwrite existing value
> on same key, but add new value to the tail of an array.
> But this looks a bit confusing because similar syntax
> configuration always overwrite the value by default.

Should we even allow this case? Or at the very least, some output
should be made that a value is being overwritten.

-- Steve


>
> This changes the behavior to overwrite value on same key.
>
> For example, if there are 2 entries
>
> key = value
> ...
> key = value2
>
> Then, the key is updated as below.
>
> key = value2
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>