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From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
To: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:24:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1222014278-11071-7-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1222014278-11071-6-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de>

We should search git programs only in the highest-priority location.
The old code added the directories "argv_exec_path",
"getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT)", and "system_path(GIT_EXEC_PATH)" to
PATH.  The same order is implemented in git_exec_path(), which returns
the highest priority location to search for executables.  If the user
explicitly overrides the default location (by --exec-path or
GIT_EXEC_PATH) we can expect that all the required programs are there.
It does not make sense that only some of the required programs are
located at the highest priority location and other programs are picked
up from a lower priority exec-path.  If exec-path is overridden
a complete set of commands should be provided, otherwise several
different versions might easily get mixed, which is likely to spread
confusion.

Accessing the location with highest priority only is also required for
testing of executables built with RUNTIME_PREFIX.  Calling
system_path(GIT_EXEC_PATH) is avoided if a higher-priority location is
provided, which is the case for the tests.  The call to system_path()
must be avoided, if RUNTIME_PREFIX is set, because the call would fail
if the executable is not installed at its final destination.  But we
test before installing.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
 exec_cmd.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index 46ebf7e..2a86670 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ void setup_path(void)
 
 	strbuf_init(&new_path, 0);
 
-	add_path(&new_path, argv_exec_path);
-	add_path(&new_path, getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT));
-	add_path(&new_path, system_path(GIT_EXEC_PATH));
+	add_path(&new_path, git_exec_path());
 	add_path(&new_path, argv0_path);
 
 	if (old_path)
-- 
1.6.0.2.GIT

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-21 16:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-21 16:24 [PATCH 0/7 v2] prefix discovery at runtime (on Windows) Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] Windows: Add workaround for MSYS' path conversion Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24   ` [PATCH 2/7] system_path(): Add prefix computation at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX set Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24     ` [PATCH 3/7] Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path() Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24       ` [PATCH 4/7] Glean libexec path from argv[0] for git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24         ` [PATCH 5/7] Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call git_config_* Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 16:24           ` Steffen Prohaska [this message]
2008-09-21 16:24             ` [PATCH 7/7] Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by RUNTIME_PREFIX Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 21:58               ` Johannes Sixt
2008-09-22  5:57                 ` Steffen Prohaska
2008-09-21 21:57   ` [PATCH 1/7] Windows: Add workaround for MSYS' path conversion Johannes Sixt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-17 12:44 [PATCH 0/7] prefix discovery at runtime (on Windows) Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44 ` [PATCH 1/7] Windows: Add workaround for MSYS' path conversion Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44   ` [PATCH 2/7] system_path(): Add prefix computation at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX set Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44     ` [PATCH 3/7] Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path() Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44       ` [PATCH 4/7] Glean libexec path from argv[0] for git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44         ` [PATCH 5/7] Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call git_config_* Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 12:44           ` [PATCH 6/7] Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH Steffen Prohaska
2008-08-17 20:28             ` Johannes Sixt

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