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| -rw-r--r-- | src/udev/udev-rules.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-rules.c b/src/udev/udev-rules.c index e4facd7bd2..16348126ee 100644 --- a/src/udev/udev-rules.c +++ b/src/udev/udev-rules.c @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #include "conf-files.h" #include "strbuf.h" #include "strv.h" +#include "util.h" #define PREALLOC_TOKEN 2048 @@ -1069,10 +1070,17 @@ static int add_rule(struct udev_rules *rules, char *line, if (get_key(rules->udev, &linepos, &key, &op, &value) != 0) { /* If we aren't at the end of the line, this is a parsing error. * Make a best effort to describe where the problem is. */ - if (*linepos != '\n') + if (*linepos != '\n') { + char buf[2] = {linepos[1]}; + _cleanup_free_ char *tmp; + + tmp = cescape(buf); log_error("invalid key/value pair in file %s on line %u," - "starting at character %lu\n", - filename, lineno, linepos - line + 1); + "starting at character %lu ('%s')\n", + filename, lineno, linepos - line + 1, tmp); + if (linepos[1] == '#') + log_info("hint: comments can only start at beginning of line"); + } break; } |