8.144. perl-Config-General
8.144. perl-Config-General 8.144.1. RHBA-2013:1669 - perl-Config-General bug fix and enhancement update Updated perl-Config-General packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Config::General Perl module is able to parse and write configuration files and presents an object-oriented access to their data. In addition, the Config::General module is 100% read-compatible with Apache configuration files, though it is also possible to create and access simple name/value configuration files. Certain enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments and multi-line options are also available. Note The perl-Config-General package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.52, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the version. The most significant of these changes are the following: * When the Config::General module was supplied a directory instead of a configuration file, the module silently accepted it and returned an empty configuration hash. After this update, the module now calls the croak() function if the configuration file parameter is a directory and the "directory include" option is not turned on. * Parsing now accepts white spaces after the block closing character ">". * The save_file() function and a named block, whose second part starts with a slash character (/), now can be used to write valid configurations to a file correctly." * With this update, the sort() function is no longer used on arrays if the "-SaveSorted" option is turned off. * A character escaping bug has been fixed. Escaping the dollar "USD" or the backslash "\" characters is now handled correctly. * A tied hash now remains tied when saving to a file. * Preserving the single quotes during a variable interpolation has been corrected. An incrementor is now used to mark single quotes instead of using the rand() function. * Empty configuration values are no longer handed over to interpreting methods. * The "-Plug" parameter, which introduces plugin closures, has been added to the perl-Config-General packages. * The "-NoEscape" switch, which turns off escaping of every character, has been added to the perl-Config-General packages. * The parameters "-NormalizeOption", "-NormalizeBlock" and "-NormalizeValue", which take a subroutine reference and change a block, option or value accordingly, have been added to the perl-Config-General packages. * A new option "-AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation", which turns on interpolation for variables inside single quotes, has been added to the perl-Config-General packages. * A new option "-ForceArray" has been added to the perl-Config-General packages. When enabled, a single configuration value enclosed in square brackets "[ ]" will become an array forcefully. With this upgraded perl-Config-General package, users can write and process their configuration files more efficiently. (BZ# 658946 ) Users of perl-Config-General are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.