diff --git a/libblkid/config.c b/libblkid/config.c
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+/*
+ * config.c - blkid.conf routines
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
+#include <errno.h>
+#endif
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "blkidP.h"
+#include "env.h"
+
+static int parse_evaluate(struct blkid_config *conf, char *s)
+{
+	while(s && *s) {
+		char *sep;
+
+		if (conf->nevals >= __BLKID_EVAL_LAST)
+			goto err;
+		sep = strchr(s, ',');
+		if (sep)
+			*sep = '\0';
+		if (strcmp(s, "udev") == 0)
+			conf->eval[conf->nevals] = BLKID_EVAL_UDEV;
+		else if (strcmp(s, "scan") == 0)
+			conf->eval[conf->nevals] = BLKID_EVAL_SCAN;
+		else
+			goto err;
+		conf->nevals++;
+		if (sep)
+			s = sep + 1;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+err:
+	DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, printf(
+		"config file: unknown evaluation method '%s'.\n", s));
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int parse_next(FILE *fd, struct blkid_config *conf)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	char *s;
+
+	/* read the next non-blank non-comment line */
+	do {
+		if (fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), fd) == NULL)
+			return feof(fd) ? 0 : -1;
+		s = strchr (buf, '\n');
+		if (!s) {
+			/* Missing final newline?  Otherwise extremely */
+			/* long line - assume file was corrupted */
+			if (feof(fd))
+				s = strchr (buf, '\0');
+			else {
+				DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, fprintf(stderr,
+					"libblkid: config file: missing newline at line '%s'.\n",
+					buf));
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		*s = '\0';
+		if (--s >= buf && *s == '\r')
+			*s = '\0';
+
+		s = buf;
+		while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t')		/* skip space */
+			s++;
+
+	} while (*s == '\0' || *s == '#');
+
+	if (!strncmp(s, "SEND_UEVENT=", 12)) {
+		s += 13;
+		if (*s && !strcasecmp(s, "yes"))
+			conf->uevent = TRUE;
+		else if (*s)
+			conf->uevent = FALSE;
+	} else if (!strncmp(s, "CACHE_FILE=", 11)) {
+		s += 11;
+		if (*s)
+			conf->cachefile = strdup(s);
+	} else if (!strncmp(s, "EVALUATE=", 9)) {
+		s += 9;
+		if (*s && parse_evaluate(conf, s) == -1)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, printf(
+			"config file: unknown option '%s'.\n", s));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* return real config data or built-in default */
+struct blkid_config *blkid_read_config(const char *filename)
+{
+	struct blkid_config *conf;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	if (!filename)
+		filename = safe_getenv("BLKID_CONF");
+	if (!filename)
+		filename = BLKID_CONFIG_FILE;
+
+	conf = (struct blkid_config *) calloc(1, sizeof(*conf));
+	if (!conf)
+		return NULL;
+	conf->uevent = -1;
+
+	DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, fprintf(stderr,
+		"reading config file: %s.\n", filename));
+
+	f = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, fprintf(stderr,
+			"%s: does not exist, using built-in default\n", filename));
+		goto dflt;
+	}
+	while (!feof(f)) {
+		if (parse_next(f, conf)) {
+			DBG(DEBUG_CONFIG, fprintf(stderr,
+				"%s: parse error\n", filename));
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+dflt:
+	if (!conf->nevals) {
+		conf->eval[0] = BLKID_EVAL_UDEV;
+		conf->eval[1] = BLKID_EVAL_SCAN;
+		conf->nevals = 2;
+	}
+	if (!conf->cachefile)
+		conf->cachefile = strdup(BLKID_CACHE_FILE);
+	if (conf->uevent == -1)
+		conf->uevent = TRUE;
+	if (f)
+		fclose(f);
+	return conf;
+err:
+	free(conf);
+	fclose(f);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void blkid_free_config(struct blkid_config *conf)
+{
+	if (!conf)
+		return;
+	free(conf->cachefile);
+	free(conf);
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
+/*
+ * usage: tst_config [<filename>]
+ */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int i;
+	struct blkid_config *conf;
+	char *filename = NULL;
+
+	blkid_init_debug(DEBUG_ALL);
+
+	if (argc == 2)
+		filename = argv[1];
+
+	conf = blkid_read_config(filename);
+	if (!conf)
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+	printf("EVALUATE:    ");
+	for (i = 0; i < conf->nevals; i++)
+		printf("%s ", conf->eval[i] == BLKID_EVAL_UDEV ? "udev" : "scan");
+	printf("\n");
+
+	printf("SEND UEVENT: %s\n", conf->uevent ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+	printf("CACHE_FILE:  %s\n", conf->cachefile);
+
+	blkid_free_config(conf);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif