fix the -c/--config argument; adapt to the debian folder possibly being a symlink

[mass-build.git] / mass_build.py

diff --git a/mass_build.py b/mass_build.py
index e9e372530966463cfc4165f391bf60570764f8e5..b5d581702386aaee54d751b56535e872ec821e8f 100755 (executable)
--- a/mass_build.py
+++ b/mass_build.py
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-import vcs, build_system, imp
+import vcs, build_system
 import argparse, os, sys, subprocess
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+# helper funcrions
+def load_module(name, path):
+       import importlib.machinery
+       old_val = sys.dont_write_bytecode
+       sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
+       module = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, path).load_module()
+       sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_val
+       return module
+
 # an entire Project
 class Project:
        def __init__(self, folder, config):
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@ class Project:
 
 # read command-line arguments
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update and build a bunch of stuff')
-parser.add_argument("-c, --config",
+parser.add_argument("-c", "--config",
                     dest="config", default="mass-build.conf",
                     help="mass-build config file")
 parser.add_argument("--reconfigure",
@@ -78,11 +87,8 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 if args.reset_source and not args.update:
        raise Exception("Can not reset sources without doing an update")
 
-# load config
-old_val = sys.dont_write_bytecode
-sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
-config = imp.load_source('config', args.config).__dict__
-sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_val
+# load config as dictionary
+config = load_module('config', args.config).__dict__
 
 # initialise variables holding the configuration
 allProjects = OrderedDict() # all projects