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utils/diffconfig: add diffconfig utility

Message ID 20171104203644.4045-1-marcus.folkesson@gmail.com
State Accepted
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Series utils/diffconfig: add diffconfig utility | expand

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Marcus Folkesson Nov. 4, 2017, 8:36 p.m. UTC
Diffconfig is a simple utility for comparing two configuration files.
See usage in the script for more info.

Borrowed from the Linux kernel source code and adapted to Buildroot.

Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
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 DEVELOPERS       |   3 ++
 utils/diffconfig | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 utils/diffconfig

Comments

Thomas Petazzoni Nov. 25, 2017, 12:50 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello,

On Sat,  4 Nov 2017 21:36:44 +0100, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
> Diffconfig is a simple utility for comparing two configuration files.
> See usage in the script for more info.
> 
> Borrowed from the Linux kernel source code and adapted to Buildroot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> ---
>  DEVELOPERS       |   3 ++
>  utils/diffconfig | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 utils/diffconfig

I've applied to next. However, I must say I've personally not be very
convinced by the output of this tool. If you generate the .config
corresponding to an empty defconfig on one side, and the following
defconfig on the other side:

BR2_arm=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_URL="http://autobuild.buildroot.org/toolchains/tarballs/br-arm-full-2017.11-rc1.tar.bz2"
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_HEADERS_3_10=y
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LOCALE=y
# BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_HAS_THREADS_DEBUG is not set
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CXX=y
BR2_INIT_NONE=y
BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_NONE=y
# BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX is not set
BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO=y
BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG=y
# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set

You will get a very, very, very noisy output with "diffconfig". And
comparately, the diff between the defconfigs is a lot more readable.

Best regards,

Thomas
Arnout Vandecappelle Nov. 25, 2017, 4:45 p.m. UTC | #2
On 25-11-17 13:50, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sat,  4 Nov 2017 21:36:44 +0100, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
>> Diffconfig is a simple utility for comparing two configuration files.
>> See usage in the script for more info.
>>
>> Borrowed from the Linux kernel source code and adapted to Buildroot.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  DEVELOPERS       |   3 ++
>>  utils/diffconfig | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 139 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100755 utils/diffconfig
> 
> I've applied to next. However, I must say I've personally not be very
> convinced by the output of this tool. If you generate the .config
> corresponding to an empty defconfig on one side, and the following
> defconfig on the other side:
> 
> BR2_arm=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_URL="http://autobuild.buildroot.org/toolchains/tarballs/br-arm-full-2017.11-rc1.tar.bz2"
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_HEADERS_3_10=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LOCALE=y
> # BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_HAS_THREADS_DEBUG is not set
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CXX=y
> BR2_INIT_NONE=y
> BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_NONE=y
> # BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX is not set
> BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG=y
> # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
> 
> You will get a very, very, very noisy output with "diffconfig". And
> comparately, the diff between the defconfigs is a lot more readable.

 Well, it's not really meant for that kind of situation. It's meant for a
situation where you would normally diff the full configs because you want to see
which packages have been implicitly added or removed (due to select or depends).
You'd normally do a diff .config.old .config, but then you get a lot of changes
that are due to packages that have become available but are not selected - not
very interesting. So in this case, diffconfig gives more compact and readable
results.

 Regards,
 Arnout
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diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index c651bf26fa..ccc626df7e 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -996,6 +996,9 @@  F:	package/turbolua/
 N:	Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@imgtec.com>
 F:	package/libkcapi/
 
+N:	Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
+F:	utils/diffconfig
+
 N:	Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@open-nandra.com>
 F:	package/libatasmart/
 F:	package/polkit/
diff --git a/utils/diffconfig b/utils/diffconfig
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5862a62f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/diffconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ 
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# diffconfig - a tool to compare .config files.
+#
+# originally written in 2006 by Matt Mackall
+#  (at least, this was in his bloatwatch source code)
+# last worked on 2008 by Tim Bird for the Linux kernel
+# Adapted to Buildroot 2017 by Marcus Folkesson
+#
+
+import sys, os
+
+def usage():
+    print("""Usage: diffconfig [-h] [-m] [<config1> <config2>]
+
+Diffconfig is a simple utility for comparing two .config files.
+Using standard diff to compare .config files often includes extraneous and
+distracting information.  This utility produces sorted output with only the
+changes in configuration values between the two files.
+
+Added and removed items are shown with a leading plus or minus, respectively.
+Changed items show the old and new values on a single line.
+
+If -m is specified, then output will be in "merge" style, which has the
+changed and new values in kernel config option format.
+
+If no config files are specified, .config and .config.old are used.
+
+Example usage:
+ $ diffconfig .config config-with-some-changes
+-LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME "vexpress-v2p-ca9"
+ LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT y -> n
+ LINUX_KERNEL_USE_INTREE_DTS y -> n
+ PACKAGE_DFU_UTIL n -> y
+ PACKAGE_LIBUSB n -> y
+ TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME "buildroot" -> "Tuxie"
+ TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE "Welcome to Buildroot" -> "Welcome to CustomBoard"
++PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT n
+
+""")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# returns a dictionary of name/value pairs for config items in the file
+def readconfig(config_file):
+    d = {}
+    for line in config_file:
+        line = line[:-1]
+        if line[:4] == "BR2_":
+            name, val = line[4:].split("=", 1)
+            d[name] = val
+        if line[-11:] == " is not set":
+            d[line[6:-11]] = "n"
+    return d
+
+def print_config(op, config, value, new_value):
+    global merge_style
+
+    if merge_style:
+        if new_value:
+            if new_value=="n":
+                print("# BR2_%s is not set" % config)
+            else:
+                print("BR2_%s=%s" % (config, new_value))
+    else:
+        if op=="-":
+            print("-%s %s" % (config, value))
+        elif op=="+":
+            print("+%s %s" % (config, new_value))
+        else:
+            print(" %s %s -> %s" % (config, value, new_value))
+
+def main():
+    global merge_style
+
+    # parse command line args
+    if ("-h" in sys.argv or "--help" in sys.argv):
+        usage()
+
+    merge_style = 0
+    if "-m" in sys.argv:
+        merge_style = 1
+        sys.argv.remove("-m")
+
+    argc = len(sys.argv)
+    if not (argc==1 or argc == 3):
+        print("Error: incorrect number of arguments or unrecognized option")
+        usage()
+
+    if argc == 1:
+        # if no filenames given, assume .config and .config.old
+        build_dir=""
+        if "KBUILD_OUTPUT" in os.environ:
+            build_dir = os.environ["KBUILD_OUTPUT"]+"/"
+        configa_filename = build_dir + ".config.old"
+        configb_filename = build_dir + ".config"
+    else:
+        configa_filename = sys.argv[1]
+        configb_filename = sys.argv[2]
+
+    try:
+        a = readconfig(open(configa_filename))
+        b = readconfig(open(configb_filename))
+    except (IOError):
+        e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+        print("I/O error[%s]: %s\n" % (e.args[0],e.args[1]))
+        usage()
+
+    # print items in a but not b (accumulate, sort and print)
+    old = []
+    for config in a:
+        if config not in b:
+            old.append(config)
+    old.sort()
+    for config in old:
+        print_config("-", config, a[config], None)
+        del a[config]
+
+    # print items that changed (accumulate, sort, and print)
+    changed = []
+    for config in a:
+        if a[config] != b[config]:
+            changed.append(config)
+        else:
+            del b[config]
+    changed.sort()
+    for config in changed:
+        print_config("->", config, a[config], b[config])
+        del b[config]
+
+    # now print items in b but not in a
+    # (items from b that were in a were removed above)
+    new = sorted(b.keys())
+    for config in new:
+        print_config("+", config, None, b[config])
+
+main()