Added a config flag so that unknown fields are accepted. Closes #19.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
index 2b48d576..d2858cca 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cfg.lua
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ end
 
 local root = rocks_trees[#rocks_trees]
 local defaults = {
+
+   local_by_default = false,
+   use_extensions = false,
+   accept_unknown_fields = false,
+
    lua_modules_path = "/share/lua/5.1/",
    lib_modules_path = "/lib/lua/5.1/",
 
diff --git a/src/luarocks/type_check.lua b/src/luarocks/type_check.lua
index 4c554809..fea25973 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/type_check.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/type_check.lua
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ type_check_table = function(tbl, types, context)
       elseif types.MORE then
          -- Accept unknown field
       else
-         return nil, "Unknown field "..k
+         if not cfg.accept_unknown_fields then
+            return nil, "Unknown field "..k
+         end
       end
    end
    for k, v in pairs(types) do