Re: [PATCH] exec_cmd: RUNTIME_PREFIX on z/OS systems

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> The following shows how I would fix what I found annoying while
> studying the existing code to prepare this review.  None of it
> should be part of this topic (even though it could become a
> preliminary clean-up step if we wanted to), but since I wrote it
> already, I'll record it here on the list as #leftoverbits.
>
> Thanks.

I'll take your patch as-is and merge it down to 'next'.

Once the dust settles from this topic, I'll see if we want to do
further clean-ups (the "how-about" patch below, possibly also
reorder them alphabetically) so for now, I'd leave #leftoverbits
mark here.


>  Makefile   | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
>  exec-cmd.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git c/Makefile w/Makefile
> index 41dfa0bad2..910aec0973 100644
> --- c/Makefile
> +++ w/Makefile
> @@ -373,21 +373,23 @@ include shared.mak
>  # Perl scripts to use a modified entry point header allowing them to resolve
>  # support files at runtime.
>  #
> -# When using RUNTIME_PREFIX, define HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL if your platform
> -# supports the KERN_PROC BSD sysctl function.
> +# When using RUNTIME_PREFIX:
>  #
> -# When using RUNTIME_PREFIX, define PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH if your platform
> -# mounts a "procfs" filesystem capable of resolving the path of the current
> -# executable. If defined, this must be the canonical path for the "procfs"
> -# current executable path.
> +# - define HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL if your platform supports the
> +#   KERN_PROC BSD sysctl function.
>  #
> -# When using RUNTIME_PREFIX, define HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH if your platform
> -# supports calling _NSGetExecutablePath to retrieve the path of the running
> -# executable.
> +# - define PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH if your platform mounts a "procfs"
> +#   filesystem capable of resolving the path of the current
> +#   executable. If defined, this must be the canonical path for the
> +#   "procfs" current executable path.
>  #
> -# When using RUNTIME_PREFIX, define HAVE_WPGMPTR if your platform offers
> -# the global variable _wpgmptr containing the absolute path of the current
> -# executable (this is the case on Windows).
> +# - define HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH if your platform supports
> +#   calling _NSGetExecutablePath to retrieve the path of the running
> +#   executable.
> +#
> +# - define HAVE_WPGMPTR if your platform offers the global variable
> +#   _wpgmptr containing the absolute path of the current executable
> +#   (this is the case on Windows).
>  #
>  # INSTALL_STRIP can be set to "-s" to strip binaries during installation,
>  # if your $(INSTALL) command supports the option.
> diff --git c/exec-cmd.c w/exec-cmd.c
> index 909777f61f..54bc7ed304 100644
> --- c/exec-cmd.c
> +++ w/exec-cmd.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ static int git_get_exec_path_procfs(struct strbuf *buf)
>  	}
>  	return -1;
>  }
> +#else
> +# define git_get_exec_path_procfs(ignore) 1
>  #endif /* PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH */
>  
>  #ifdef HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL
> @@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ static int git_get_exec_path_bsd_sysctl(struct strbuf *buf)
>  	}
>  	return -1;
>  }
> +#else
> +# define git_get_exec_path_bsd_sysctl(ignore) 1
>  #endif /* HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL */
>  
>  #ifdef HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH
> @@ -148,6 +152,8 @@ static int git_get_exec_path_darwin(struct strbuf *buf)
>  	}
>  	return -1;
>  }
> +#else
> +# define git_get_exec_path_darwin(ignore) 1
>  #endif /* HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH */
>  
>  #ifdef HAVE_WPGMPTR
> @@ -166,6 +172,8 @@ static int git_get_exec_path_wpgmptr(struct strbuf *buf)
>  	buf->len += len;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +#else
> +# define git_get_exec_path_wpgmptr(ignore) 1
>  #endif /* HAVE_WPGMPTR */
>  
>  /*
> @@ -190,22 +198,12 @@ static int git_get_exec_path(struct strbuf *buf, const char *argv0)
>  	 * after the first successful method.
>  	 */
>  	if (
> -#ifdef HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL
>  		git_get_exec_path_bsd_sysctl(buf) &&
> -#endif /* HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL */
> -
> -#ifdef HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH
>  		git_get_exec_path_darwin(buf) &&
> -#endif /* HAVE_NS_GET_EXECUTABLE_PATH */
> -
> -#ifdef PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH
>  		git_get_exec_path_procfs(buf) &&
> -#endif /* PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH */
> -
> -#ifdef HAVE_WPGMPTR
>  		git_get_exec_path_wpgmptr(buf) &&
> -#endif /* HAVE_WPGMPTR */
>  
> +		/* fallback -- must be at the end */
>  		git_get_exec_path_from_argv0(buf, argv0)) {
>  		return -1;
>  	}