From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com>
Cc: Git ML <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bug? Bad permissions in $PATH breaks Git aliases
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:14:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F715ABD.4080102@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJMEqRBmuBJuUmeoAU-_xf=s10ybD9pXhUJT+fn8aHNE2WJz6A@mail.gmail.com>
Am 3/27/2012 1:48, schrieb James Pickens:
> I'm not sure if this should be considered a bug or not, but I've noticed that
> when my $PATH contains an inaccessible directory, Git fails to execute aliases.
> ...
> I lean towards calling it a bug, since my shell doesn't seem to care if there
> are inaccessible directories in my $PATH. It just ignores them, and I think Git
> ought to do the same.
Git is not a shell. And I'm sure it is not the only program that has this
issue. "Don't do it, then."
Git's implementation depends on the system's execvp behavior. As it
stands, current implementations of execvp path lookup and of popular
shells' path lookup differ in this respect. Bad luck. Don't check the
sanity of your PATH by testing how your shell looks up executables.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-27 6:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-26 23:48 Bug? Bad permissions in $PATH breaks Git aliases James Pickens
2012-03-27 3:19 ` Jeff King
2012-03-27 7:25 ` James Pickens
2012-03-27 15:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-27 17:59 ` Jeff King
2012-03-27 18:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] run-command: propagate EACCES errors to parent Jeff King
2012-03-27 18:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-27 18:33 ` Jeff King
2012-03-27 18:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] git: continue alias lookup on EACCES errors Jeff King
2012-03-27 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 4:30 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 17:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 17:48 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 18:04 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 18:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 18:40 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 19:39 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 19:45 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 20:18 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 20:37 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 20:51 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 20:52 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 20:42 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 20:51 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 21:01 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-03-28 21:25 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 21:30 ` Frans Klaver
2012-03-28 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 21:04 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 21:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 21:57 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 22:07 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-29 11:31 ` Frans Klaver
2012-03-29 17:20 ` Jeff King
2012-03-29 17:23 ` Frans Klaver
2012-03-28 19:38 ` Jeff King
2012-03-28 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-28 19:40 ` Jeff King
2012-03-29 11:16 ` Frans Klaver
2012-03-29 17:15 ` Jeff King
2012-03-29 17:21 ` Frans Klaver
2012-03-27 6:14 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2012-03-27 7:37 ` Bug? Bad permissions in $PATH breaks Git aliases James Pickens
2012-03-27 15:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-27 17:48 ` James Pickens
2012-03-27 18:03 ` Junio C Hamano
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