From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:25:15 +0000 (+1900) Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a gpg_path value for notmuch_database_t X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b0773b84b49e6dda8a0060a1e98ff96a13bfbb6;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a gpg_path value for notmuch_database_t --- diff --git a/65/1f307eae038bad2c1f6d21e6b93d77cd27da64 b/65/1f307eae038bad2c1f6d21e6b93d77cd27da64 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..775cb107b --- /dev/null +++ b/65/1f307eae038bad2c1f6d21e6b93d77cd27da64 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963B96DE13EF + for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:25:17 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.014 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.014 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[AWL=-0.014] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id THjZOwSQHXIq for ; + Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:25:16 -0800 (PST) +Received: from che.mayfirst.org (che.mayfirst.org [209.234.253.108]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 097696DE005F + for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:25:16 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fifthhorseman.net (unknown [38.109.115.130]) + by che.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 237BCF984; + Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:25:15 -0500 (EST) +Received: by fifthhorseman.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 41B421FF87; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:25:15 -0500 (EST) +From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor +To: Tomi Ollila , Notmuch Mail +Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] add a gpg_path value for notmuch_database_t +In-Reply-To: +References: <1449718786-28000-1-git-send-email-dkg@fifthhorseman.net> + <1449718786-28000-8-git-send-email-dkg@fifthhorseman.net> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:25:15 -0500 +Message-ID: <87mvtgfws4.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:25:17 -0000 + +On Fri 2015-12-11 17:02:33 -0500, Tomi Ollila wrote: +> The above code finds gpg/gpg2 (when called w/ these args) from +> _CS_PATH (seems to be /bin:/usr/bin by default in linux (tried to +> look how this set in *BSD -- initially it looks like /usr/local/bin +> not included but... maybe we let them to complain if this is the case +> ... :/) +> ... anyway, the full found path is not set anywhere -- how is it found +> when used (exec*p() using $PATH? :O) + +Hm, according to exec(3): + + Special semantics for execlp() and execvp() + The execlp(), execvp(), and execvpe() functions duplicate the + actions of the shell in searching for an executable file if the + specified filename does not contain a slash (/) character. The + file is sought in the colon-separated list of directory pathnames + specified in the PATH environment variable. If this variable + isn't defined, the path list defaults to the current directory + followed by the list of directories returned by + confstr(_CS_PATH). (This confstr(3) call typically returns the + value "/bin:/usr/bin".) + +So this code probably also ought to be searching $PATH as well. yuck. +You'd think there would be a commonly-available function for doing this +specific check without having to actually try to exec() something. + + --dkg