From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] run-command.c: Accept EACCES as command not found Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:13:58 -0800 Message-ID: <7vbos5f7ix.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1321912387-4569-1-git-send-email-fransklaver@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Frans Klaver X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 21 23:14:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSc7r-0004t3-Ge for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:14:07 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756450Ab1KUWOD (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:14:03 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:57713 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753692Ab1KUWOB (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:14:01 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5646A56AA; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:14:00 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=oIaM7KkmKjEeOUmsRhHm3r+uvD0=; b=FOTO6i HWydsePumygzLDeCn7ISNQz1yfsecWiQqwk/oufT4gGT6joqYTdFX9YzB5Ej7sYj JRZolBt9M6Tl/MjPwAt0SYgZSGhz/x/DHh+n4whKSb3ssIgWs3QyeNXJpJAlLtCS yhZHSYrEgloiWDiSnBnctqETZguG3NECeGr5I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=GcidWgMbAgBrypKMVHCh7EUx18z/JzYj OWei+vkgmbS+owLRBJMNA0FMrFIajCqp3S/fKUrUZ8vTdYOcxsxy5gX9fST1Q6J7 xDgSKM7a5K2NqRBYS6wS+v6CLrweL0FNs5QmXzDQV7jiIk7OChvrbm0ACb1rUJ8y 4sv9pO86grY= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9E056A9; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:14:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6AFA756A8; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:13:59 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1321912387-4569-1-git-send-email-fransklaver@gmail.com> (Frans Klaver's message of "Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:53:07 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 1C89145C-148E-11E1-BA0D-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Frans Klaver writes: > execvp returns ENOENT if a command was not found after searching PATH. > If path contains a directory that current user has insufficient > privileges to, EACCES is returned. This may still mean the program > wasn't found. > > If the latter case is encountered, git errors out without giving aliases > a try,... Isn't that a *good* thing in general, though, so that the user can diagnose the breakage in the $PATH and fix it?