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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2017-04-14 12:34:18 -0700
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2017-04-14 19:34:54 +0000
commitc398858205724434bfcbec0ffed1f4223c2c85d1 (patch)
tree4817bf8a9ac9b3d626e7c41253e71fd4d24949b2
parent74784bdb3ef60d02f6041f6ec6c3b56e3841a2db (diff)
Give a better error message for invalid characters in preference module names.
And make the message for an invalid character in a preference name more like it, by putting the offending name in quotes. Change-Id: I40db8b87eae5e46a1d49213a9a45861b6b3565af Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/21092 Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
-rw-r--r--epan/prefs.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/epan/prefs.c b/epan/prefs.c
index 293e8e1dbb..af8492b8e9 100644
--- a/epan/prefs.c
+++ b/epan/prefs.c
@@ -517,9 +517,11 @@ prefs_register_module_or_subtree(module_t *parent, const char *name,
* on the command line, and shouldn't require quoting,
* shifting, etc.
*/
- for (p = name; (c = *p) != '\0'; p++)
- g_assert(g_ascii_islower(c) || g_ascii_isdigit(c) || c == '_' ||
- c == '-' || c == '.');
+ for (p = name; (c = *p) != '\0'; p++) {
+ if (!(g_ascii_islower(c) || g_ascii_isdigit(c) || c == '_' ||
+ c == '-' || c == '.'))
+ g_error("Preference module \"%s\" contains invalid characters", name);
+ }
/*
* Make sure there's not already a module with that
@@ -916,7 +918,7 @@ register_preference(module_t *module, const char *name, const char *title,
*/
for (p = name; *p != '\0'; p++)
if (!(g_ascii_islower(*p) || g_ascii_isdigit(*p) || *p == '_' || *p == '.'))
- g_error("Preference %s.%s contains invalid characters", module->name, name);
+ g_error("Preference \"%s.%s\" contains invalid characters", module->name, name);
/*
* Make sure there's not already a preference with that