Re: [Configobj-develop] How do I access options from across sections?

[Michael F. <fuz...@vo...>]

On 24/01/2010 13:11, Jason Baker wrote:
> I'm using configobj for envbuilder[1].  There's one place where I'm a
> bit stuck and I'm curious if there's any way around it.  Essentially,
> I have a section that defines a set of packages (parcels) to be
> checked out from SCM, and another section that defines commands to be
> run against all parcels.  Here's the example from the readme:
>    

Heh. I don't have any brilliant ideas - a phase of post-processing 
sounds like the best way to me.

All the best,

Michael

> [project]
> parcels = 'envbuilder', # Note the comma
>
>      [[DEFAULT]]
>      git_checkout = 'git clone $url'
>      cwd = '/home/jason/src/envbuilder-src'
>      python = '$cwd/bin/python'
>
>      [[envbuilder]]
>      dir = 'envbuilder'
>      url = 'git://github.com/jasonbaker/envbuilder.git'
>      setup = '$python setup.py develop'
>      checkout = '$git_checkout'
>
> [commands]
>      [[ status ]]
>      required = True
>      default = 'git status'
>      working_dir = '$$PARCEL_WD'
>      help = 'Check the status of all checked-out parcels'
>
> The working_dir's value of $$PARCEL_WD is a bit of a hack.  I just go
> in and substitute the parcel's working directory for $PARCEL_WD
> *after* interpolation has already run.  What would be nice is if I
> could access the parcel's option dir.  Bear in mind that since parcels
> are defined as a __many__ subsection, I need to get the value for
> *each* parcel.
>
> I understand that this will likely require me to write some code
> somewhere (either in configobj or in envbuilder), but can someone help
> me figure out the best way to go about solving this problem?
>
> [1] http://github.com/jasonbaker/envbuilder
>
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