Re: error semantics of faulty dependencies

[Ron <ron () skullsecurity net>]

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On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:31:20 -0800 David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 04:38:54PM +0200, Toni Ruottu wrote:
> > We just had a case on nmap-dev where a programmer accidentally
> > stated dependencies = {"script-name.nse"}
> > which is wrong. The correct way is to leave out the file extension.
> > So dependencies = {"script-name"}
> > would have been correct.
> >
> > I have done the same error myself, and I can tell you it is really
> > hard to debug. Could nmap be modified to include some sort of check
> > that would catch these errors and give a clear error message when
> > run with debugging flags?
>
> I think we could either 1) show a warning when a dependency ends in
> ".nse", or 2) allow dependencies to end in ".nse". If someone has a
> patch for either one I'll apply it.
>
> David Fifield
I think an even better option is to print a warning (or halt with an error) if a dependency doesn't exist. 
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