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+++ b/share/lua/5.2/luarocks/lint.lua	Fri Dec 14 22:24:27 2012 +0000
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+
+--- Module implementing the LuaRocks "lint" command.
+-- Utility function that checks syntax of the rockspec.
+module("luarocks.lint", package.seeall)
+
+local util = require("luarocks.util")
+local download = require("luarocks.download")
+local fetch = require("luarocks.fetch")
+
+help_summary = "Check syntax of a rockspec."
+help_arguments = "<rockspec>"
+help = [[
+This is a utility function that checks the syntax of a rockspec.
+
+It returns success or failure if the text of a rockspec is
+syntactically correct.
+]]
+
+function run(...)
+   local flags, input = util.parse_flags(...)
+   
+   if not input then
+      return nil, "Argument missing, see help."
+   end
+   
+   local filename = input
+   if not input:match(".rockspec$") then
+      local err
+      filename, err = download.download("rockspec", input)
+      if not filename then
+         return nil, err
+      end
+   end
+
+   local rs, err = fetch.load_local_rockspec(filename)
+   if not rs then
+      return nil, "Failed loading rockspec: "..err
+   end
+
+   return true
+end