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Diffstat (limited to 'kconfiglib.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | kconfiglib.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kconfiglib.py b/kconfiglib.py index 18baa83..cc5141d 100644 --- a/kconfiglib.py +++ b/kconfiglib.py @@ -1646,8 +1646,17 @@ class Kconfig(object): # to the previous token. See _STRING_LEX for why this is needed. token = _get_keyword(match.group(1)) if not token: - # If the first token is not a keyword, we have a preprocessor - # variable assignment (or a bare macro on a line) + # Backwards compatibility with old versions of the C tools, which + # (accidentally) accepted stuff like "--help--" and "-help---". + # This was fixed in the C tools by commit c2264564 ("kconfig: warn + # of unhandled characters in Kconfig commands"), committed in July + # 2015, but it seems people still run Kconfiglib on older kernels. + if s.strip(" \t\n-") == "help": + return (_T_HELP, None) + + # If the first token is not a keyword (and not a weird help token), + # we have a preprocessor variable assignment (or a bare macro on a + # line) self._parse_assignment(s) return (None,) |