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-rw-r--r--host/lib/utils/prefs.cpp28
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/utils/prefs.cpp b/host/lib/utils/prefs.cpp
index 72a9c9eea..58c47f730 100644
--- a/host/lib/utils/prefs.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/utils/prefs.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ using namespace uhd;
namespace {
constexpr char UHD_CONF_FILE_VAR[] = "UHD_CONFIG_FILE";
-inline void _update_conf_file(
+inline bool _update_conf_file(
const std::string& path, const std::string& config_type, config_parser& conf_file)
{
if (not path.empty()) {
@@ -27,15 +27,19 @@ inline void _update_conf_file(
conf_file.read_file(path);
UHD_LOG_DEBUG(
"PREFS", "Loaded " << config_type << " config file " << path);
+ return true;
} catch (...) {
UHD_LOG_DEBUG(
"PREFS", "Failed to load " << config_type << " config file " << path);
+ return false;
}
} else {
UHD_LOG_TRACE(
"PREFS", "No " << config_type << " config file found at " << path);
+ return false;
}
}
+ return false;
}
void update_from_key(
@@ -76,10 +80,26 @@ config_parser& uhd::prefs::get_uhd_config()
UHD_LOG_TRACE("CONF", "Initializing config file object...");
const std::string sys_conf_file = path_expandvars(UHD_SYS_CONF_FILE);
_update_conf_file(sys_conf_file, "system", _conf_files);
+ // prefer .config/uhd.conf
+ // otherwise ~/.uhd/uhd.conf
const std::string user_conf_file =
- (boost::filesystem::path(get_app_path()) / std::string(UHD_USER_CONF_FILE))
- .string();
- _update_conf_file(user_conf_file, "user", _conf_files);
+ (get_xdg_config_home() / std::string(UHD_USER_CONF_FILE)).string();
+ const bool user_conf_loaded =
+ _update_conf_file(user_conf_file, "user", _conf_files);
+ // Config files can be in ~/.config/ or in ~/.uhd. The latter is
+ // considered deprecated. We load from there (if we have not already
+ // loaded from ~/.config), but we show a warning.
+ if (!user_conf_loaded
+ && _update_conf_file(
+ (get_legacy_config_home() / std::string(UHD_USER_CONF_FILE)).string(),
+ "user",
+ _conf_files)) {
+ UHD_LOG_WARNING("PREFS",
+ "Loaded config from " << get_legacy_config_home().string()
+ << ". This location is considered deprecated, "
+ "consider moving your config file to "
+ << get_xdg_config_home().string() << " instead.");
+ }
std::string env_conf_file;
try { // getenv into std::string can fail
if (std::getenv(UHD_CONF_FILE_VAR) != NULL) {