parse_config_file fails when it encounters a '['

[nathenharvey]

Description

The parse_config_file resource seems unable to handle lines that start with [

InSpec and Platform Version

0.19.3 on Mac OSX 10.11.4

Replication Case

Given this yum.conf and this InSpec test, the check fails with this output.

Possible Solutions

You can work around this by setting '[' as the comment character as shown in this updated InSpec check

[eyespies]

+1 on this

[vjeffrey]

  describe parse_config_file('../yum.conf') do
    its('main') { should include('gpgcheck' => '1') }
  end

in our attempt to track down this bug, we found that the file is being parsed correctly, but gpgcheck is part of the hash under 'main'. A syntax like the above works...
What are people's thoughts?
Is that an ok syntax that just needs to be documented, or should we be doing something more/more specific for the yum.conf?

[vjeffrey]

Need to document this example in the resources docs for parse_config