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Re: git-daemon breakage in 1.5.4

From
Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2008, 11:39 UTC
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<57A122D1-6D7E-4210-A624-75D19ECC0258@wincent.com>
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El 6/2/2008, a las 11:28, Johannes Sixt escribió:
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>>> Which makes me think that you xinetd doesn't pass a PATH to git- 
>>> daemon
>>> that includes /usr/local/bin. Add this to your /etc/xinetd.d/git:
>>>
>>>   env = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
>>>
>>> (not tested).
>>
>> That works. Thanks.
>>
>> It's an acceptable workaround (the other is installing /usr instead  
>> of
>> /usr/local). Seeing as it worked in 1.5.3.8, does this qualify as
>> breakage, or should we not worry about it?
>
> Does this patch make a difference? (It does for me.)

Nope. I applied this on top of "maint", removed the PATH setup from / etc/xinetd.d/git, and get the "remote end hung up unexpectedly" again. If I restore the PATH setup then it works, but then, so does does 1.5.4.

Cheers, Wincent

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> diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
> index 41a60af..c99285e 100644
> --- a/daemon.c
> +++ b/daemon.c
> @@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> 	struct group *group;
> 	gid_t gid = 0;
> 	int i;
> +	char *cmd_path = strdup(argv[0]), *slash;
>
> 	/* Without this we cannot rely on waitpid() to tell
> 	 * what happened to our children.
> @@ -1184,6 +1185,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> 	if (strict_paths && (!ok_paths || !*ok_paths))
> 		die("option --strict-paths requires a whitelist");
>
> +	slash = strrchr(cmd_path, '/');
> +	if (slash) {
> +		*slash = 0;
> +		setup_path(cmd_path);
> +	}
> +	free(cmd_path);
> +
> 	if (inetd_mode) {
> 		struct sockaddr_storage ss;
> 		struct sockaddr *peer = (struct sockaddr *)&ss;
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  1. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 5, 2008
  2. Scott ParishFeb 5, 2008
  3. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 5, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2008
  5. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 6, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  7. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 6, 2008
  8. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2008
  9. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 6, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2008
  11. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 6, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtFeb 6, 2008
  13. Adam PiatyszekFeb 6, 2008

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