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[PATCH v2 2/4] compat/setenv.c: error if name contains '='

From
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2011, 14:07 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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According to POSIX, setenv should error out with EINVAL if it's asked to set an environment variable whose name contains an equals sign. Implement this detail in our compatibility-fallback.

Signed-off-by: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
---
 compat/setenv.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat/setenv.c b/compat/setenv.c
index 89947b7..fc1439a 100644
--- a/compat/setenv.c
+++ b/compat/setenv.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ int gitsetenv(const char *name, const char *value, int replace)
 	size_t namelen, valuelen;
 	char *envstr;
 
-	if (!name || !value) {
+	if (!name || strchr(name, '=') || !value) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
-- 
1.7.7.1.msysgit.0.272.g9e47e
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Message 3 of 9 in “setenv/putenv errors”
  1. 0/4 setenv/putenv errorsErik Faye-Lund, Dec 14, 2011
  2. 1/4 compat/setenv.c: update errno when erroring outErik Faye-Lund, Dec 14, 2011
  3. 2/4 compat/setenv.c: error if name contains '='Erik Faye-Lund, Dec 14, 2011
  4. 3/4 wrapper: supply xsetenv and xputenvErik Faye-Lund, Dec 14, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2011
  6. Erik Faye-LundDec 15, 2011
  7. 4/4 use wrapper for unchecked setenv/putenv callsErik Faye-Lund, Dec 14, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 14, 2011
  9. Erik Faye-LundDec 15, 2011

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