On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Michel Hermier <michel.herm...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Le 19/05/2014 08:37, Glenn Washburn a écrit :
>
>  Currently, builtin commands take precedence over user-defined
>> functions.  This patch reverses that precedence, so that users can
>> "override" builtin commands.  Builtin commands may be accessed by
>> issuing the command prefixed by an '@' character.
>>
> If you want to go this way, I would have preferred a 'builtin' command
> like other shell do, instead of reinventing the wheel and invent a new
> syntax.
> But this only my opinion as a user, wait for developers opinion.
>
> Seconded, particularly  as the @ syntax is used elsewhere as echo
suppression. there is no need to confuse people.

>
>> My motivation for this change is to hook insmod in loaded configfiles
>> which set $prefix to a different location than desired.  If there are
>> any changes needed to help get this functionality included, please let
>> me know.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> ---
>>   grub-core/script/execute.c | 17 +++++++++--------
>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/grub-core/script/execute.c b/grub-core/script/execute.c
>> index afd5513..0769151 100644
>> --- a/grub-core/script/execute.c
>> +++ b/grub-core/script/execute.c
>> @@ -941,14 +941,15 @@ grub_script_execute_cmdline (struct
>> grub_script_cmd *cmd) args = argv.args + 2;
>>         cmdname = argv.args[1];
>>       }
>> -  grubcmd = grub_command_find (cmdname);
>> -  if (! grubcmd)
>> +  /* Allow user functions to override built in commands. */
>> +  func = grub_script_function_find (cmdname);
>> +  if (! func)
>>       {
>>         grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
>>   -      /* It's not a GRUB command, try all functions.  */
>> -      func = grub_script_function_find (cmdname);
>> -      if (! func)
>> +      /* It's not a function, check if GRUB command.  */
>> +      grubcmd = grub_command_find ((cmdname[0] ==
>> '@')?(cmdname+1):cmdname);
>> +      if (! grubcmd)
>>         {
>>           /* As a last resort, try if it is an assignment.  */
>>           char *assign = grub_strdup (cmdname);
>> @@ -977,7 +978,9 @@ grub_script_execute_cmdline (struct grub_script_cmd
>> *cmd) }
>>       /* Execute the GRUB command or function.  */
>> -  if (grubcmd)
>> +  if (func)
>> +    ret = grub_script_function_call (func, argc, args);
>> +  else
>>       {
>>         if (grub_extractor_level && !(grubcmd->flags
>>                                     & GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_EXTRACTOR))
>> @@ -990,8 +993,6 @@ grub_script_execute_cmdline (struct grub_script_cmd
>> *cmd) else
>>         ret = (grubcmd->func) (grubcmd, argc, args);
>>       }
>> -  else
>> -    ret = grub_script_function_call (func, argc, args);
>>       if (invert)
>>       {
>>
>
>
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