Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add new user mode option -ignore-environment

[Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>]

Am 01.08.2010 13:48, schrieb Stefan Weil:
> Am 16.07.2010 15:09, schrieb Stefan Weil:
>> Am 16.07.2010 09:04, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
>>> Stefan Weil<weil@mail.berlios.de>  writes:
>>>
>>>> An empty environment is sometimes useful in user mode.
>>>> The new option provides it for linux-user and bsd-user
>>>> (darwin-user still has no environment related options).
>>> Stupid question: why is /usr/bin/env insufficient?
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>
>> In most cases it is sufficient (but not always available - Windows...).
>> The options -U and -E are also redundant and can be replaced by
>> /usr/bin/env.
>>
>> But -U and -E exist, so completing the set of environment related
>> options seems to be logical. The name of the new option was
>> inspired by /usr/bin/env!
>>
>> And finally, there is a use case where /usr/bin/env is a bad choice:
>> just look for "getenv" and you will find one in linux-user/main.c.
>> Removing the environment via /usr/bin/env will also remove
>> environment variables which are read by qemu's runtime code.
>
>
> Is there any more feedback on this patch?
> Or can it be commited to git master?


Ping? The patch is still missing.

Regards,
Stefan