Re: [PATCH v2] Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>

[Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@googlemail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com> wrote:
> In exec_cmd.c, git hard-codes a default path of /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin.
> Get an appropriate value for the system from <paths.h> if possible instead.
> Do not attempt to #include <paths.h> under Windows.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
> ---
>  exec_cmd.c        |    2 +-
>  git-compat-util.h |    6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
> index b2c07c7..bf22570 100644
> --- a/exec_cmd.c
> +++ b/exec_cmd.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void setup_path(void)
>        if (old_path)
>                strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
>        else
> -               strbuf_addstr(&new_path, "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin");
> +               strbuf_addstr(&new_path, _PATH_DEFPATH);
>
>        setenv("PATH", new_path.buf, 1);
>
> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> index 7e62b55..9443b9b 100644
> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
>  #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN  /* stops windows.h including winsock.h */
>  #include <winsock2.h>
>  #include <windows.h>
> +#else
> +#include <paths.h>
>  #endif
>

Are you sure that all non-Windows platforms have paths.h? It seems
that at least some Open Solaris versions[1] are missing it as well.
Perhaps this should be guarded by a HAVE_PATHS_H define instead?

[1]: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2008/11/24/msg002103.html

-- 
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund