Revert "init: Honor config-dir flag when it is passed as global or local flag (#3337)"

This reverts commit e2ef95af7d.

This is reverted since the previous patch caused crashes.

cmd/globals.go

@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	globalQuiet     = false               // quiet flag set via command line.
+	globalQuiet    = false // Quiet flag set via command line.
-	globalConfigDir = mustGetConfigPath() // config-dir flag set via command line
-	// Add new global flags here.
-
 	globalIsDistXL = false // "Is Distributed?" flag.
 
+	// Add new global flags here.
+
 	// Maximum cache size.
 	globalMaxCacheSize = uint64(maxCacheSize)
 	// Cache expiry.

cmd/main.go

@@ -148,42 +148,19 @@ func checkMainSyntax(c *cli.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Parse command arguments and set global variables accordingly
+// Main main for minio server.
-func setGlobalsFromContext(c *cli.Context) {
+func Main() {
-	// Set config dir
+	app := registerApp()
-	switch {
+	app.Before = func(c *cli.Context) error {
-	case c.IsSet("config-dir"):
+		configDir := c.GlobalString("config-dir")
-		globalConfigDir = c.String("config-dir")
+		if configDir == "" {
-	case c.GlobalIsSet("config-dir"):
-		globalConfigDir = c.GlobalString("config-dir")
-	}
-	if globalConfigDir == "" {
 			fatalIf(errors.New("Config directory is empty"), "Unable to get config file.")
 		}
-	// Set global quiet flag.
-	globalQuiet = c.Bool("quiet") || c.GlobalBool("quiet")
-}
-
-// Check for updates and print a notification message
-func checkUpdate() {
-	// Do not print update messages, if quiet flag is set.
-	if !globalQuiet {
-		updateMsg, _, err := getReleaseUpdate(minioUpdateStableURL, 1*time.Second)
-		if err != nil {
-			// Ignore any errors during getReleaseUpdate(), possibly
-			// because of network errors.
-			return
-		}
-		if updateMsg.Update {
-			console.Println(updateMsg)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// Generic Minio initialization to create/load config, prepare loggers, etc..
-func minioInit() {
 		// Sets new config directory.
-	setGlobalConfigPath(globalConfigDir)
+		setGlobalConfigPath(configDir)
+
+		// Valid input arguments to main.
+		checkMainSyntax(c)
 
 		// Migrate any old version of config / state files to newer format.
 		migrate()
@@ -217,15 +194,24 @@ func minioInit() {
 
 		// Init the error tracing module.
 		initError()
-}
 
-// Main main for minio server.
+		// Set global quiet flag.
-func Main() {
+		globalQuiet = c.Bool("quiet") || c.GlobalBool("quiet")
-	app := registerApp()
-	app.Before = func(c *cli.Context) error {
-		// Valid input arguments to main.
-		checkMainSyntax(c)
 
+		// Do not print update messages, if quiet flag is set.
+		if !globalQuiet {
+			if c.Args().Get(0) != "update" {
+				updateMsg, _, err := getReleaseUpdate(minioUpdateStableURL, 1*time.Second)
+				if err != nil {
+					// Ignore any errors during getReleaseUpdate(), possibly
+					// because of network errors.
+					return nil
+				}
+				if updateMsg.Update {
+					console.Println(updateMsg)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 

cmd/server-main.go

@@ -363,13 +363,8 @@ func serverMain(c *cli.Context) {
 		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(c, "server", 1)
 	}
 
-	// Set global variables after parsing passed arguments
+	// Set global quiet flag.
-	setGlobalsFromContext(c)
+	globalQuiet = c.Bool("quiet") || c.GlobalBool("quiet")
-
-	checkUpdate()
-
-	// Generic initialization
-	minioInit()
 
 	// Server address.
 	serverAddr := c.String("address")

cmd/update-main.go

@@ -265,9 +265,8 @@ func getReleaseUpdate(updateURL string, duration time.Duration) (updateMsg updat
 
 // main entry point for update command.
 func mainUpdate(ctx *cli.Context) {
-
+	// Set global quiet flag.
-	setGlobalsFromContext(ctx)
+	if ctx.Bool("quiet") || ctx.GlobalBool("quiet") {
-	if globalQuiet {
 		return
 	}
 

cmd/version-main.go

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ func mainVersion(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	if len(ctx.Args()) != 0 {
 		cli.ShowCommandHelpAndExit(ctx, "version", 1)
 	}
-
+	// Set global quiet flag.
-	setGlobalsFromContext(ctx)
+	if ctx.Bool("quiet") || ctx.GlobalBool("quiet") {
-
+		return
-	checkUpdate()
+	}
 
 	console.Println("Version: " + Version)
 	console.Println("Release-Tag: " + ReleaseTag)