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Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] imap-send: use run-command API for tunneling

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Oct 14, 2009, 19:58 UTC
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<200910142158.59073.j6t@kdbg.org>
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On Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2009, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
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> If I were to fix this, I'd prefer not using sh at all on Windows. I've
> seen that connect.c doesn't prepend "/bin/sh -c" at all, requiring
> tunnels to be self-contained scripts or native binaries, unless I'm
> mistaken. I'm not sure if this works at all on Windows, though. I just
> think that the assumption that sh is the shell that is going to run
> the tunnel is wrong to make, especially on Windows.
>
> I'm really unsure if it's worth the hassle.

We already depend on the existence of a Bourne shell for our scripted commands. There are already more places in the code that run "sh" than "/bin/sh".

-- Hannes
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Message 15 of 16 in “imap-send: Windows support”
  1. 0/8 imap-send: Windows supportErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  2. 1/8 imap-send: remove useless uid codeErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  3. 2/8 imap-send: use separate read and write fdsErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  4. 3/8 imap-send: use run-command API for tunnelingErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  5. 4/8 imap-send: fix compilation-error on WindowsErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  6. 5/8 imap-send: build imap-send on WindowsErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  7. 6/8 mingw: wrap SSL_set_(w|r)fd to call _get_osfhandleErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  8. 7/8 mingw: enable OpenSSLErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  9. 8/8 MSVC: Enable OpenSSL, and translate -lcryptoErik Faye-Lund, Oct 13, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2009
  11. Erik Faye-LundOct 13, 2009
  12. Erik Faye-LundOct 13, 2009
  13. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2009
  14. Erik Faye-LundOct 13, 2009
  15. Johannes SixtOct 14, 2009
  16. Erik Faye-LundOct 16, 2009

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