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Re: Latest builtin-commit series

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 18, 2007, 22:24 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709182324230.28395@racer.site>
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<20070918213903.GA14488@steel.home>
Hi,
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:
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> Kristian H?gsberg, Tue, Sep 18, 2007 17:23:29 +0200:
> >       * Set the test suite default editor to '/bin/true' instead of ':'.
> >         Since we're not exec'ing the editor from shell anymore, ':'
> >         won't work.  Maybe we should special case ':' in launch_editor
> >         or perhaps make launch_editor use system(3).  Not sure.
> 
> Special case "" (empty string)? MinGW may have problems with
> /bin/true, any future exotic ports notwithstanding (OS/2, anyone?).
No problem.  At least in msysGit.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Kristian HøgsbergSep 18, 2007
  2. Alex RiesenSep 18, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinSep 18, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2007
  5. Kristian HøgsbergSep 18, 2007
  6. Pierre HabouzitSep 18, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2007

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