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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Scott Parish <sRp@srparish.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] execv_git_cmd(): also try PATH if everything else fails.
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:02:46 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710212301490.25221@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071021182150.GG16291@srparish.net>

Hi,

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Scott Parish wrote:

> diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
> index 9b74ed2..374ffc9 100644
> --- a/exec_cmd.c
> +++ b/exec_cmd.c
> @@ -99,8 +103,8 @@ int execv_git_cmd(const char **argv)
>  
>  		trace_argv_printf(argv, -1, "trace: exec:");
>  
> -		/* execve() can only ever return if it fails */
> -		execve(git_command, (char **)argv, environ);
> +		/* execvp() can only ever return if it fails */
> +		execvp(git_command, (char **)argv);

I'd rather have it conditional upon *exec_dir (see the brown paper bag 
patch I just sent).

Ciao,
Dscho

      reply	other threads:[~2007-10-21 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-20  8:12 [PATCH] When exec'ing sub-commands, fall back on execvp (thePATH) Scott R Parish
2007-10-20 20:25 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-20 20:57 ` Scott Parish
2007-10-20 22:00   ` [PATCH] execv_git_cmd(): also try PATH if everything else fails Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-21  2:36     ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-10-21 21:59       ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-22  4:21         ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-10-22 10:35           ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-23  4:34             ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-10-23 11:12               ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-22 14:36         ` Scott Parish
2007-10-22 15:19           ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-10-22 15:36             ` Johannes Sixt
2007-10-23 11:12               ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-10-23 15:29                 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-10-21 18:21     ` Scott Parish
2007-10-21 22:02       ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]

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