For introspection/bindings it is cumbersome to access the
fields of the NMKeyfileHandlerData struct. Instead add accessor
functions.
Also, we wouldn't want to expose the struct in public API directly,
because it makes it harder to extend it without breaking ABI.
From inside a callback 4 properties are potentially interesting
to all callbacks: the currenty group, key, setting and property-name.
Refactor the code to track these properties in NMKeyfileHandlerData
and distinguish between the property name and the keyfile key.
Setting the error on the callback does not work well from bindings.
Instead, let bindings call a (future) nm_keyfile_handler_data_fail_with_error()
function on the handler_data to indicate failure.
As the keyfile handler callback will become public API, it needs to be
usable via bindings. A plain void pointer is not usable. Instead, add
a new type that can be used via introspection.
This will become public API. The enum for read and write callback
serves very similar purposes. Merge them so that we have fewer
types in the public API.
Keyfile support was initially added under GPL-2.0+ license as part of
core. It was moved to "libnm-core" in commit 59eb5312a5 ('keyfile: merge
branch 'th/libnm-keyfile-bgo744699'').
"libnm-core" is statically linked with by core and "libnm". In
the former case under terms of GPL-2.0+ (good) and in the latter case
under terms of LGPL-2.1+ (bad).
In fact, to this day, "libnm" doesn't actually use the code. The linker
will probably remove all the GPL-2.0+ symbols when compiled with
gc-sections or LTO. Still, linking them together in the first place
makes "libnm" only available under GPL code (despite the code
not actually being used).
Instead, move the GPL code to a separate static library
"shared/nm-keyfile/libnm-keyfile.la" and only link it to the part
that actually uses the code (and which is GPL licensed too).
This fixes the license violation.
Eventually, it would be very useful to be able to expose keyfile
handling via "libnm". However that is not straight forward due to the
licensing conflict.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/merge_requests/381
2020-01-07 13:17:47 +01:00
Renamed from libnm-core/nm-keyfile-internal.h (Browse further)
