exename: Set proper exename when cppcheck is executed from PATH and argv[0] does not contain path information

cli/cmdlineparser.cpp

@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    mSettings->loadCppcheckCfg(argv[0]);
+    mSettings->loadCppcheckCfg();
 
     // Default template format..
     if (mSettings->templateFormat.empty()) {

cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp

@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
     int ret;
 
     if (cppCheck.settings().exceptionHandling)
-        ret = check_wrapper(cppCheck, argc, argv);
+        ret = check_wrapper(cppCheck);
     else
-        ret = check_internal(cppCheck, argc, argv);
+        ret = check_internal(cppCheck);
 
     mSettings = nullptr;
     return ret;
@@ -821,12 +821,12 @@ namespace {
  * TODO Check for multi-threading issues!
  *
  */
-int CppCheckExecutor::check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck, int argc, const char* const argv[])
+int CppCheckExecutor::check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck)
 {
 #ifdef USE_WINDOWS_SEH
     FILE *outputFile = stdout;
     __try {
-        return check_internal(cppcheck, argc, argv);
+        return check_internal(cppcheck);
     } __except (filterException(GetExceptionCode(), GetExceptionInformation())) {
         // reporting to stdout may not be helpful within a GUI application...
         fputs("Please report this to the cppcheck developers!\n", outputFile);
@@ -854,23 +854,23 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck, int argc, const char* co
     for (std::map<int, std::string>::const_iterator sig=listofsignals.begin(); sig!=listofsignals.end(); ++sig) {
         sigaction(sig->first, &act, nullptr);
     }
-    return check_internal(cppcheck, argc, argv);
+    return check_internal(cppcheck);
 #else
-    return check_internal(cppcheck, argc, argv);
+    return check_internal(cppcheck);
 #endif
 }
 
 /*
  * That is a method which gets called from check_wrapper
  * */
-int CppCheckExecutor::check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck, int /*argc*/, const char* const argv[])
+int CppCheckExecutor::check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck)
 {
     Settings& settings = cppcheck.settings();
     mSettings = &settings;
-    const bool std = tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, argv[0], "std.cfg");
+    const bool std = tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, settings.exename, "std.cfg");
 
     for (const std::string &lib : settings.libraries) {
-        if (!tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, argv[0], lib.c_str())) {
+        if (!tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, settings.exename, lib.c_str())) {
             const std::string msg("Failed to load the library " + lib);
             const std::list<ErrorMessage::FileLocation> callstack;
             ErrorMessage errmsg(callstack, emptyString, Severity::information, msg, "failedToLoadCfg", Certainty::normal);
@@ -879,22 +879,15 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck, int /*argc*/, const cha
         }
     }
 
-    bool posix = true;
+    if (!std) {
-    if (settings.posix())
-        posix = tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, argv[0], "posix.cfg");
-    bool windows = true;
-    if (settings.isWindowsPlatform())
-        windows = tryLoadLibrary(settings.library, argv[0], "windows.cfg");
-
-    if (!std || !posix || !windows) {
         const std::list<ErrorMessage::FileLocation> callstack;
-        const std::string msg("Failed to load " + std::string(!std ? "std.cfg" : !posix ? "posix.cfg" : "windows.cfg") + ". Your Cppcheck installation is broken, please re-install.");
+        const std::string msg("Failed to load std.cfg. Your Cppcheck installation is broken, please re-install.");
 #ifdef FILESDIR
         const std::string details("The Cppcheck binary was compiled with FILESDIR set to \""
                                   FILESDIR "\" and will therefore search for "
                                   "std.cfg in " FILESDIR "/cfg.");
 #else
-        const std::string cfgfolder(Path::fromNativeSeparators(Path::getPathFromFilename(argv[0])) + "cfg");
+        const std::string cfgfolder(Path::fromNativeSeparators(Path::getPathFromFilename(settings.exename)) + "cfg");
         const std::string details("The Cppcheck binary was compiled without FILESDIR set. Either the "
                                   "std.cfg should be available in " + cfgfolder + " or the FILESDIR "
                                   "should be configured.");
@@ -1143,9 +1136,9 @@ FILE* CppCheckExecutor::getExceptionOutput()
     return mExceptionOutput;
 }
 
-bool CppCheckExecutor::tryLoadLibrary(Library& destination, const char* basepath, const char* filename)
+bool CppCheckExecutor::tryLoadLibrary(Library& destination, const std::string& basepath, const char* filename)
 {
-    const Library::Error err = destination.load(basepath, filename);
+    const Library::Error err = destination.load(basepath.c_str(), filename);
 
     if (err.errorcode == Library::ErrorCode::UNKNOWN_ELEMENT)
         std::cout << "cppcheck: Found unknown elements in configuration file '" << filename << "': " << err.reason << std::endl;

cli/cppcheckexecutor.h

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
      * Tries to load a library and prints warning/error messages
      * @return false, if an error occurred (except unknown XML elements)
      */
-    static bool tryLoadLibrary(Library& destination, const char* basepath, const char* filename);
+    static bool tryLoadLibrary(Library& destination, const std::string& basepath, const char* filename);
 
     /**
      * Execute a shell command and read the output from it. Returns true if command terminated successfully.
@@ -150,24 +150,20 @@ private:
      *   - installs optional platform dependent signal handling
      *
      * @param cppcheck cppcheck instance
-     * @param argc from main()
-     * @param argv from main()
      **/
-    int check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck, int argc, const char* const argv[]);
+    int check_wrapper(CppCheck& cppcheck);
 
     /**
      * Starts the checking.
      *
      * @param cppcheck cppcheck instance
-     * @param argc from main()
-     * @param argv from main()
      * @return EXIT_FAILURE if arguments are invalid or no input files
      *         were found.
      *         If errors are found and --error-exitcode is used,
      *         given value is returned instead of default 0.
      *         If no errors are found, 0 is returned.
      */
-    int check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck, int argc, const char* const argv[]);
+    int check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck);
 
     /**
      * Pointer to current settings; set while check() is running.

gui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -511,8 +511,6 @@ void MainWindow::doAnalyzeFiles(const QStringList &files, const bool checkLibrar
     checkSettings.checkLibrary = checkLibrary;
     checkSettings.checkConfiguration = checkConfiguration;
 
-    checkSettings.loadCppcheckCfg(QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().toStdString());
-
     if (mProjectFile)
         qDebug() << "Checking project file" << mProjectFile->getFilename();
 
@@ -857,15 +855,10 @@ Settings MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
     result.exename = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().toStdString();
 
     const bool std = tryLoadLibrary(&result.library, "std.cfg");
-    bool posix = true;
+    if (!std)
-    if (result.posix())
+        QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("Failed to load %1. Your Cppcheck installation is broken. You can use --data-dir=<directory> at the command line to specify where this file is located. Please note that --data-dir is supposed to be used by installation scripts and therefore the GUI does not start when it is used, all that happens is that the setting is configured.").arg("std.cfg"));
-        posix = tryLoadLibrary(&result.library, "posix.cfg");
-    bool windows = true;
-    if (result.isWindowsPlatform())
-        windows = tryLoadLibrary(&result.library, "windows.cfg");
 
-    if (!std || !posix || !windows)
+    result.loadCppcheckCfg();
-        QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("Failed to load %1. Your Cppcheck installation is broken. You can use --data-dir=<directory> at the command line to specify where this file is located. Please note that --data-dir is supposed to be used by installation scripts and therefore the GUI does not start when it is used, all that happens is that the setting is configured.").arg(!std ? "std.cfg" : !posix ? "posix.cfg" : "windows.cfg"));
 
     // If project file loaded, read settings from it
     if (mProjectFile) {

lib/settings.cpp

@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Settings::Settings()
     certainty.setEnabled(Certainty::normal, true);
 }
 
-void Settings::loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &executable)
+void Settings::loadCppcheckCfg()
 {
-    std::string fileName = Path::getPathFromFilename(executable) + "cppcheck.cfg";
+    std::string fileName = Path::getPathFromFilename(exename) + "cppcheck.cfg";
 #ifdef FILESDIR
     if (Path::fileExists(FILESDIR "/cppcheck.cfg"))
         fileName = FILESDIR "/cppcheck.cfg";

lib/settings.h

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private:
 public:
     Settings();
 
-    void loadCppcheckCfg(const std::string &executable);
+    void loadCppcheckCfg();
 
     /** @brief addons, either filename of python/json file or json data */
     std::list<std::string> addons;

test/cfg/runtests.sh

@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ ${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive ${DIR}std.cpp
 # windows.cpp
 # Syntax check via g++ does not work because it can not find a valid windows.h
 #${CXX} ${CXX_OPT} ${DIR}windows.cpp
-${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win32A  ${DIR}windows.cpp
+${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win32A --library=windows ${DIR}windows.cpp
-${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win32W  ${DIR}windows.cpp
+${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win32W --library=windows ${DIR}windows.cpp
-${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win64  ${DIR}windows.cpp
+${CPPCHECK} ${CPPCHECK_OPT} --inconclusive --platform=win64  --library=windows ${DIR}windows.cpp
 
 # wxwidgets.cpp
 set +e