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| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Parser.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Parser.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Parser.py index 6715d90f9..c846e8093 100644 --- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Parser.py +++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Parser.py @@ -325,8 +325,16 @@ class Parser(argparse.ArgumentParser): # _parse_config_options is called, all config file options will get set # to their hardcoded defaults. This process defines the options in the # namespace and _parse_config_options will never look at them again. - self._set_defaults_from_config() - self._parse_config_options() + # + # we have to do the parsing in two loops: first, we squeeze as + # much data out of the config file as we can to ensure that + # all config file settings are read before we use any default + # values. then we can start looking at the command line. + while not self.parsed: + self.parsed = True + self._set_defaults_from_config() + self._parse_config_options() + self.parsed = False remaining = [] while not self.parsed: self.parsed = True |