Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: get default codespell dictionary path from package location

[Péter Ujfalusi]

On 11/10/2021 09:18, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> The standard location of dictionary.txt is under codespell's package, on
> my machine atm (codespell 2.1, Artix Linux):
> /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> 
> Since we enable the codespell by default for SOF I have constant:
> No codespell typos will be found - \
> file '/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt': No such file or directory
> 
> The patch proposes to try to fix up the path following the recommendation
> found here:
> https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell/issues/1540
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index c27d2312cfc3..e8e416056066 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git';
>  my $tabsize = 8;
>  my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_";
>  
> +# Override the codespellfile location based on codespell install location
> +if (which("codespell") ne "" && which("python") ne "") {
> +	my $codespell_dict = `python -c "import os.path as op; import codespell_lib; print(op.join(op.dirname(codespell_lib.__file__), 'data', 'dictionary.txt'), end='')" 2> /dev/null`;
> +	$codespellfile = $codespell_dict if (-e $codespell_dict)

I have missed ';' at the end of the line (the checkpatch.pl worked as
expected, that's why I have not noticed it) sending v2 right away, sorry.

> +}
> +
>  sub help {
>  	my ($exitcode) = @_;
>  
> @@ -130,7 +136,7 @@ Options:
>    --ignore-perl-version      override checking of perl version.  expect
>                               runtime errors.
>    --codespell                Use the codespell dictionary for spelling/typos
> -                             (default:/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt)
> +                             (default:$codespellfile)
>    --codespellfile            Use this codespell dictionary
>    --typedefsfile             Read additional types from this file
>    --color[=WHEN]             Use colors 'always', 'never', or only when output
> 

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Péter