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[PATCH v4] Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>

From
Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2010, 13:21 UTC
Message-ID
<81fdf71bae0e4d2abdae5740056b7fffb7683c54.1271337404.git.chris@arachsys.com>
In-Reply-To
<20100415130101.GJ12365@arachsys.com>

In exec_cmd.c, git hard-codes a default path of /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin. Get an appropriate value for the system from <paths.h> if possible instead. We only try to include <paths.h> on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and GNU where it is known to exist.

Signed-off-by: Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
---
 Makefile          |   13 +++++++++++++
 exec_cmd.c        |    2 +-
 git-compat-util.h |    7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 910f471..81aa2ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ all::
 # Define EXPATDIR=/foo/bar if your expat header and library files are in
 # /foo/bar/include and /foo/bar/lib directories.
 #
+# Define HAVE_PATHS_H if you have paths.h and want to use the default PATH
+# it specifies.
+#
 # Define NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT if you don't have d_ino in your struct dirent.
 #
 # Define NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT if your platform defines DT_UNKNOWN but lacks
@@ -735,10 +738,12 @@ EXTLIBS =
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),GNU/kFreeBSD)
 	NO_STRLCPY = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),UnixWare)
 	CC = cc
@@ -867,6 +872,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),FreeBSD)
 		NO_STRTOUMAX = YesPlease
 	endif
 	PYTHON_PATH = /usr/local/bin/python
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),OpenBSD)
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
@@ -875,6 +881,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),OpenBSD)
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/usr/local/include
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),NetBSD)
 	ifeq ($(shell expr "$(uname_R)" : '[01]\.'),2)
@@ -884,6 +891,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),NetBSD)
 	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -L/usr/pkg/lib $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)/usr/pkg/lib
 	USE_ST_TIMESPEC = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),AIX)
 	NO_STRCASESTR=YesPlease
@@ -904,6 +912,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),GNU)
 	# GNU/Hurd
 	NO_STRLCPY=YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
+	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),IRIX)
 	NO_SETENV = YesPlease
@@ -1353,6 +1362,10 @@ else
 	LIB_OBJS += thread-utils.o
 endif
 
+ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PATHS_H
+endif
+
 ifdef DIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DDIR_HAS_BSD_GROUP_SEMANTICS
 endif
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index b2c07c7..bf22570 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void setup_path(void)
 	if (old_path)
 		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
 	else
-		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin");
+		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, _PATH_DEFPATH);
 
 	setenv("PATH", new_path.buf, 1);
 
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 7e62b55..92c2182 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ extern char *gitbasename(char *);
 #define PATH_SEP ':'
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
+#include <paths.h>
+#endif
+#ifndef _PATH_DEFPATH
+#define _PATH_DEFPATH "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+#endif
+
 #ifndef STRIP_EXTENSION
 #define STRIP_EXTENSION ""
 #endif
-- 
1.7.0.3
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  1. Replace hard-coded path with one configurable at make timeChris Webb, Apr 4, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2010
  3. Chris WebbApr 4, 2010
  4. Chris WebbApr 6, 2010
  5. Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>Chris Webb, Apr 6, 2010
  6. Erik Faye-LundApr 7, 2010
  7. Chris WebbApr 8, 2010
  8. Erik Faye-LundApr 8, 2010
  9. Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>Chris Webb, Apr 8, 2010
  10. Erik Faye-LundApr 8, 2010
  11. Chris WebbApr 9, 2010
  12. Chris WebbApr 13, 2010
  13. Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>Chris Webb, Apr 13, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2010
  15. Chris WebbApr 14, 2010
  16. Jakub NarebskiApr 15, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2010
  18. Jakub NarebskiApr 15, 2010
  19. Chris WebbApr 15, 2010
  20. Jakub NarebskiApr 15, 2010
  21. Chris WebbApr 15, 2010
  22. Replace hard-coded path with one from <paths.h>Chris Webb, Apr 15, 2010
  23. TaitApr 9, 2010
  24. git-instaweb: pass through invoking user's path to gitweb CGI scriptChris Webb, Apr 6, 2010

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