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| -rw-r--r-- | core/moduleapi.lua | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua index 06aec5c2..31d1b1bd 100644 --- a/core/moduleapi.lua +++ b/core/moduleapi.lua @@ -281,7 +281,15 @@ function api:get_option_period(name, default_value, min, max) elseif type(value) == "string" then ret = human_io.parse_duration(value); if value ~= nil and ret == nil then - self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a period (e.g. \"2 days\")", name); + ret = human_io.parse_duration_lax(value); + if ret then + local num = value:match("%d+"); + self:log("error", "Config option '%s' is set to ambiguous period '%s' - use full syntax e.g. '%s months' or '%s minutes'", name, value, num, num); + -- COMPAT: w/more relaxed behaviour in post-0.12 trunk. Return nil for this case too, eventually. + else + self:log("error", "Config option '%s' not understood, expecting a period (e.g. \"2 days\")", name); + return nil; + end end elseif value ~= nil then self:log("error", "Config option '%s' expects a number or a period description string (e.g. \"3 hours\"), not %s", name, type(value)); |