Re: [PATCH] execv_git_cmd(): also try PATH if everything else fails.
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
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- Oct 23, 2007, 15:29 UTC
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Andreas Ericsson schrieb:
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> Johannes Sixt wrote: >> But I can't think of any negative side effect if *all* exec-path >> candidates are in $PATH. It's important, though, that all paths are >> absolute because the tools chdir every now and then. >> > > So long as they're added in "success:failed:failed" order, I don't see > any issues either. Assuming we stop prepending once we find something > that works, that should be a non-issue.
No, the point is exactly to let execvp() do all the work and we don't care which of the paths is the "success". And I don't think that this has any negative side effects.
-- Hannes