
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Regards, Bin

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
Regards, Bin

On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
--Sean
Regards, Bin

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
Regards, Bin

Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been thinking about changing it to a warning, since even I am not that strict about adding tags to my .patman file these days.
Re the problem you reported, I changed patman to accept a subcommand at some point, so you need:
patman -c1 send -n
I know this is pretty annoying, so if you have any ideas on how to get patman to do the right thing when 'send' is missing, let me know.
Regards, Simon

On 12/11/20 11:29 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been
It has not. It was introduced with 4600767d29 ("patman: Refactor how the default subcommand works"). Before:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n Cleaned 1 patch Dry run, so not doing much. But I would do this:
Send a total of 1 patch with no cover letter. 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch Cc: Rick Chen rickchen36@gmail.com To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Cc: Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com Cc: Marek Vasut marex@denx.de Version: 1 Prefix: None Git command: git send-email --annotate --to "u-boot@lists.denx.de" --cc "Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com" --cc "Marek Vasut marex@denx.de" --cc-cmd "../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman --cc-cmd /tmp/patman.130803" 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch
After:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n WARNING: Unknown setting process_tags WARNING: Unknown setting add_maintainers Cleaned 1 patch ValueError: Alias 'riscv' not found
This is very annoying, since there was previously no error, and now there is.
--Sean
thinking about changing it to a warning, since even I am not that strict about adding tags to my .patman file these days.
Re the problem you reported, I changed patman to accept a subcommand at some point, so you need:
patman -c1 send -n
I know this is pretty annoying, so if you have any ideas on how to get patman to do the right thing when 'send' is missing, let me know.
Regards, Simon

Hi Sean,
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 16:51, Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/11/20 11:29 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been
It has not. It was introduced with 4600767d29 ("patman: Refactor how the default subcommand works"). Before:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n Cleaned 1 patch Dry run, so not doing much. But I would do this:
Send a total of 1 patch with no cover letter. 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch Cc: Rick Chen rickchen36@gmail.com To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Cc: Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com Cc: Marek Vasut marex@denx.de Version: 1 Prefix: None Git command: git send-email --annotate --to "u-boot@lists.denx.de" --cc "Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com" --cc "Marek Vasut marex@denx.de" --cc-cmd "../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman --cc-cmd /tmp/patman.130803" 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch
After:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n WARNING: Unknown setting process_tags WARNING: Unknown setting add_maintainers Cleaned 1 patch ValueError: Alias 'riscv' not found
This is very annoying, since there was previously no error, and now there is.
I think you can still use -t
But can you try u-boot/next ? I suspect it has been fixed there (i.e. not for this release).
We still have time to get a fix in for the upcoming release though.
Regards, Simon

On 12/22/20 7:06 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Sean,
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 16:51, Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/11/20 11:29 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > The following command no longer works. They used to work. > > $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 > usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] > [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] > {send,test,status} ... > patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n > $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 > usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] > [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] > {send,test,status} ... > patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send' > > I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you > have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been
It has not. It was introduced with 4600767d29 ("patman: Refactor how the default subcommand works"). Before:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n Cleaned 1 patch Dry run, so not doing much. But I would do this:
Send a total of 1 patch with no cover letter. 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch Cc: Rick Chen rickchen36@gmail.com To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Cc: Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com Cc: Marek Vasut marex@denx.de Version: 1 Prefix: None Git command: git send-email --annotate --to "u-boot@lists.denx.de" --cc "Jagan Teki jagan@amarulasolutions.com" --cc "Marek Vasut marex@denx.de" --cc-cmd "../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman --cc-cmd /tmp/patman.130803" 0001-riscv-Add-support-for-SPI-on-Kendryte-K210.patch
After:
$ ../u-boot2/tools/patman/patman -n WARNING: Unknown setting process_tags WARNING: Unknown setting add_maintainers Cleaned 1 patch ValueError: Alias 'riscv' not found
This is very annoying, since there was previously no error, and now there is.
I think you can still use -t
But can you try u-boot/next ? I suspect it has been fixed there (i.e. not for this release).
It has not been fixed there.
--Sean
We still have time to get a fix in for the upcoming release though.
Regards, Simon

Hi Simon,
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:29 AM Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote:
Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been
No, it was not in v2020.10 release.
thinking about changing it to a warning, since even I am not that strict about adding tags to my .patman file these days.
Re the problem you reported, I changed patman to accept a subcommand at some point, so you need:
patman -c1 send -n
If "send" is omitted, the behavior should be like what was like before in v2020.10, instead of error messages.
I know this is pretty annoying, so if you have any ideas on how to get patman to do the right thing when 'send' is missing, let me know.
If changing the logic is hard, the patman documentation should be corrected to match the latest command line options.
Regards, Bin

Hi,
On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 at 18:25, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:29 AM Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote:
Hi Bin,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 21:37, Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:32 PM Sean Anderson seanga2@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/10/20 11:27 PM, Bin Meng wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM Bin Meng bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Simon,
The following command no longer works. They used to work.
$ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: unrecognized arguments: -n $ ./tools/patman/patman -n -c 1 usage: patman [-h] [-b BRANCH] [-c COUNT] [-e END] [-D] [-p PROJECT] [-P PATCHWORK_URL] [-s START] [-v] [-H] {send,test,status} ... patman: error: argument -c/--count: invalid int value: 'send'
I did not run a bisect to locate which commit introduced this. Do you have any idea?
Resetting to v2020.10, patman works again with the above 2 commands.
Note the latest patman also throws an exception about commit tags while the v2020.10 version did not.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./tools/patman/patman", line 177, in <module> control.send(args) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 177, in send args.smtp_server) File "./tools/patman/control.py", line 136, in email_patches add_maintainers, limit) File "./tools//patman/series.py", line 264, in MakeCcFile raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 383, in BuildEmailList raw += LookupEmail(item, alias, raise_on_error=raise_on_error) File "./tools//patman/gitutil.py", line 588, in LookupEmail raise ValueError(msg) ValueError: Alias 'doc' not found
I also get this error even with process_tags=False.
Yep, here is my patman settings:
[settings] ignore_errors: True process_tags: False verbose: True
That error has always been, or nearly. Use -t to drop it. I have been
No, it was not in v2020.10 release.
thinking about changing it to a warning, since even I am not that strict about adding tags to my .patman file these days.
Re the problem you reported, I changed patman to accept a subcommand at some point, so you need:
patman -c1 send -n
If "send" is omitted, the behavior should be like what was like before in v2020.10, instead of error messages.
I know this is pretty annoying, so if you have any ideas on how to get patman to do the right thing when 'send' is missing, let me know.
If changing the logic is hard, the patman documentation should be corrected to match the latest command line options.
Despite my efforts I'm not sure of a good way to keep the old behaviour.
I'll send a patch to update the docs.
Regards, Simon
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