From: Tomi Ollila Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 20:16:39 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Expand ~ to $HOME X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea2773eb832e37b69db4af11cb18c233361e1f58;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH] config: Expand ~ to $HOME --- diff --git a/1e/416d087615c7373184e44dff776b001ae1c17c b/1e/416d087615c7373184e44dff776b001ae1c17c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0ae11f309 --- /dev/null +++ b/1e/416d087615c7373184e44dff776b001ae1c17c @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +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 51B3C6DE02A7 + for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 13:16:54 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.592 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.592 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.060, + SPF_NEUTRAL=0.652] 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 UFuqKs8-xAFK for ; + Wed, 11 May 2016 13:16:46 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (guru.guru-group.fi [46.183.73.34]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECDCD6DE0281 + for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 13:16:45 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from guru.guru-group.fi (localhost [IPv6:::1]) + by guru.guru-group.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDAB01000B3; + Wed, 11 May 2016 23:16:39 +0300 (EEST) +From: Tomi Ollila +To: David Edmondson , Bijan Chokoufe +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Expand ~ to $HOME +In-Reply-To: +References: <1462722574-4176-1-git-send-email-bijan@chokoufe.com> + + + <20160509215724.GA3634@600B5B> + + + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22+18~gbe09ed8 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) +X-Face: HhBM'cA~ +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: Wed, 11 May 2016 20:16:54 -0000 + +On Wed, May 11 2016, David Edmondson wrote: + +> On Wed, May 11 2016, Bijan Chokoufe wrote: +> +>> so what would be the spec for handling ~user? +> +> Look up "user" in the password file and replace "~user" with their home +> directory. See getpwnam(). +> +>> As Tomi pointed out ~foo will point to different folders if set by user +>> 'foo' or by user 'bar'. +> +> ~foo means "the home directory of user foo", independent of who is using +> it, so it will be the same when used by both user foo and user bar. +> + +3 things more if you're cooking new patch + +1) use git send-email -- then it is easier to apply. + +2) on talloc() use config instead of NULL to lessen unfreed memory + at program exit + +3) talloc_free() old config->database_path and set it to point the new + value. + +Tomi + + + +>> To what folder should it point and where do I get this information? +>> +>> David Edmondson schrieb am Di., 10. Mai 2016 um 10:22 Uhr: +>> +>>> On Mon, May 09 2016, Bijan Chokoufe Nejad wrote: +>>> +>>> >> ~user is ~ in case you're 'user' -- except that now that I think of it +>>> >> ~user could read home directory from /etc/passwd and not using $HOME. +>>> >> If you're 'eve', then ~alice should definitely be different than ~ +>>> > +>>> > OK I see. I never used ~user instead of ~ and don't see any advantage in +>>> using +>>> > ~user but good to know it's there. +>>> +>>> A solution that supports ~ but not ~user seems incomplete. +>>>