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From: Scott Parish <sRp@srparish.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow git to use the PATH for finding subcommands and help docs
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:42:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071020064235.GA2237@srparish.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710191616490.16728@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> While reading this, I have to wonder why it is not just simpler to try 
> with builtin_exec_path first, and if that fails, just let exec() find the 
> program in the PATH?

I think you're right; that is a much better way to do this. I've
rewritten this as two patches i'll post shortly. I have mixed
feelings about the MANPATH/PERL5LIB hack, so i'm leaving it out for
now.

sRp

-- 
Scott Parish
http://srparish.net/

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-20  6:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-19  6:59 [PATCH] allow git to use the PATH for finding subcommands and help docs Scott R Parish
2007-10-19  7:33 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-10-19 13:04   ` Scott Parish
2007-10-19 13:21     ` Johannes Sixt
2007-10-19 14:18       ` Scott Parish
2007-10-19 14:34         ` Johannes Sixt
2007-10-19 14:27     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-19 16:48       ` Mike Hommey
2007-10-19 17:19         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-20  6:42       ` Scott Parish [this message]

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