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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] configure: check for POSIX.1-2008 realpath(3)\r
+ implementation.\r
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+On Sat, Jan 25 2014, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:\r
+\r
+> Check whether realpath(3) supports the resolved_path == NULL feature,\r
+> standardized in POSIX.1-2008.\r
+>\r
+> This is tested by executing the realpath(3) with NULL as second\r
+> argument and the program is expected to SIGSEGV in case the\r
+> feature is not supported.\r
+>\r
+> If the feature is not supported the compatibility code calls realpath(3)\r
+> with second argument pointing to buffer with MAX_PATH in size. With\r
+> this more systems are supported; those that have POSIX.1-2008 -capable\r
+> realpath(3) and those that have MAX_PATH defined and realpath(3) does\r
+> not exceed that limit.\r
+> ---\r
+>\r
+> I tested running configure and then make test; then make clean,\r
+> edited Makefile.config POSIX_2008_REALPATH = 0 and make clean\r
+> again. then tested sigsegv'ing with (memcpy(0, 0, 4)...\r
+>\r
+>\r
+> configure | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--\r
+> notmuch-config.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-\r
+> 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)\r
+>\r
+> diff --git a/configure b/configure\r
+> index 13b6062..8174219 100755\r
+> --- a/configure\r
+> +++ b/configure\r
+> @@ -454,6 +454,29 @@ echo $util_byte_order\r
+> \r
+> rm -f _byteorder _byteorder.c\r
+> \r
+> +printf "Checking for posix 2008 realpath()... "\r
+> +# resolved_path == NULL is standardized in POSIX.1-2008\r
+> +cat > _posix_2008_realpath.c <<EOF\r
+> +#define _BSD_SOURCE\r
+> +#include <limits.h>\r
+> +#include <stdlib.h>\r
+> +#include <signal.h>\r
+> +void exit1(int sig) { exit(1); }\r
+> +int main () {\r
+> + signal(SIGSEGV, exit1);\r
+> + int main () { realpath (".", (char*)0); return 0;\r
+> +}\r
+> +EOF\r
+> +${CC} ${CFLAGS} _posix_2008_realpath.c -o _posix_2008_realpath > /dev/null 2>&1\r
+> +if ./_posix_2008_realpath; then\r
+> + echo Yes.\r
+> + posix_2008_realpath=1\r
+> +else\r
+> + echo No.\r
+> + posix_2008_realpath=0\r
+> +fi\r
+> +rm -f _posix_2008_realpath _posix_2008_realpath.c\r
+> +\r
+> if [ $errors -gt 0 ]; then\r
+> cat <<EOF\r
+> \r
+> @@ -718,6 +741,9 @@ libdir = ${LIBDIR:=\$(prefix)/lib}\r
+> # byte order within a 32 bit word. 1234 = little, 4321 = big, 0 = guess\r
+> UTIL_BYTE_ORDER = ${util_byte_order}\r
+> \r
+> +# Whether realpath(3) supports resolved_path == NULL feature\r
+> +POSIX_2008_REALPATH = ${posix_2008_realpath}\r
+> +\r
+> # Whether libdir is in a path configured into ldconfig\r
+> LIBDIR_IN_LDCONFIG = ${libdir_in_ldconfig}\r
+> \r
+> @@ -824,7 +850,8 @@ CONFIGURE_CFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID) \\\r
+> -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME) \\\r
+> -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT) \\\r
+> - -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)\r
+> + -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER) \\\r
+> + -DPOSIX_2008_REALPATH=\$(POSIX_2008_REALPATH)\r
+> \r
+> CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> \$(TALLOC_CFLAGS) -DHAVE_VALGRIND=\$(HAVE_VALGRIND) \\\r
+> @@ -834,7 +861,8 @@ CONFIGURE_CXXFLAGS = -DHAVE_GETLINE=\$(HAVE_GETLINE) \$(GMIME_CFLAGS) \\\r
+> -DSTD_GETPWUID=\$(STD_GETPWUID) \\\r
+> -DSTD_ASCTIME=\$(STD_ASCTIME) \\\r
+> -DHAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=\$(HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT) \\\r
+> - -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER)\r
+> + -DUTIL_BYTE_ORDER=\$(UTIL_BYTE_ORDER) \\\r
+> + -DPOSIX_2008_REALPATH=\$(POSIX_2008_REALPATH)\r
+> \r
+> CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS = \$(GMIME_LDFLAGS) \$(TALLOC_LDFLAGS) \$(XAPIAN_LDFLAGS)\r
+> EOF\r
+> diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c\r
+> index 8d28653..14d0e5c 100644\r
+> --- a/notmuch-config.c\r
+> +++ b/notmuch-config.c\r
+> @@ -454,10 +454,26 @@ notmuch_config_save (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
+> }\r
+> \r
+> /* Try not to overwrite symlinks. */\r
+> +#if POSIX_2008_REALPATH\r
+> filename = realpath (config->filename, NULL);\r
+> +#else\r
+> + /* compatibility with minor effort, not elegance, is the ruling factor\r
+> + in these (two) else branches... */\r
+> + char resolved_path[PATH_MAX];\r
+> + filename = realpath (config->filename, resolved_path);\r
+> +#endif\r
+> if (! filename) {\r
+> if (errno == ENOENT) {\r
+> +#if POSIX_2008_REALPATH\r
+> filename = strdup (config->filename);\r
+> +#else\r
+> + /* ... this is the other else... */\r
+> + resolved_path[sizeof resolved_path - 1] = '\0';\r
+> + strncpy(resolved_path, config->filename, sizeof resolved_path);\r
+> + /* "faking" out of memory in case path too long -- close enough? */\r
+> + filename = resolved_path[sizeof resolved_path - 1]?\r
+> + resolved_path: NULL;\r
+\r
+Ok, this above is wrong (should be other way around). Tests pass though\r
+meaning this is not within test coverage...\r
+\r
+Tomi\r
+\r
+> +#endif\r
+> if (! filename) {\r
+> fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");\r
+> g_free (data);\r
+> @@ -480,12 +496,15 @@ notmuch_config_save (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
+> filename, error->message);\r
+> }\r
+> g_error_free (error);\r
+> +#if POSIX_2008_REALPATH\r
+> free (filename);\r
+> +#endif\r
+> g_free (data);\r
+> return 1;\r
+> }\r
+> -\r
+> +#if POSIX_2008_REALPATH\r
+> free (filename);\r
+> +#endif\r
+> g_free (data);\r
+> return 0;\r
+> }\r
+> -- \r
+> 1.8.5.3\r