[rancid] ignoring flash memory changes

[Alan McKinnon]

On 01/07/2013 17:55, heasley wrote:
>>     > Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:39:31PM +0200, Alan McKinnon:
>>     >> Rancid could really benefit from some kind of call-out mechanism
>>     where
>>     >> we can add our own local tweaks and keep them out of the main
>>     code, but
>>     >> unfortunately 2.3.x doesn't have this.
>>     >>
>>     >> Perhaps a worthy addition to the 3.0 series!
>>     >
>>     > What do you mean 'call-out mechanism'?  in 3.0 you can tell rancid
>>     which
>>     > module to include (need to add functionality to include multiple
>>     modules)
>>     > and tell it what function to use to parse the output.
>>     >
>>
>>     Yes, something like that.
>>
>>     The problem I face is I've forked every parser script I use, and it's
>>     always to add or remove entire commands or individual regexes. These
>>     things work best when the regex definition is treated as data out of a
>>     config, not as pure code
>>
>>     I still haven't fully read the 3.0 code yet, so I could well be asking
>>     for something you've already done
> 
> 3.0 does not offer a manner of altering the regexes by configuration,
> only the module, commands and functions used for the given device type.  I
> do not see the former being practical, there are simply too many; you'd
> practically define the entire module in a configuration file and the value
> would be lost.


I can't get the first, but I can get 2, 3 & 4?

Deal, you have a sale. The check is in the mail :-)



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Alan McKinnon
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