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25 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
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26 To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, Notmuch Mail <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>
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27 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] add util/search-path.{c,
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28 h} to test for executables in $PATH
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55 On Fri 2016-08-12 03:38:53 -0400, David Bremner wrote:
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56 > Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:
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58 >>> Should we distinguish between relative and absolute paths here? I can't
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59 >>> think of any security implications, but I'm wondering if a relative path
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60 >>> is likely just a user error.
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62 >> I don't think a relative path is necessarily a user error. I certainly
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63 >> use relative paths myself from time to time.
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65 > As configuration values? That seems quite fragile, since it depends on
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66 > the current working directory when notmuch is run.
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68 rarely! but sometimes i do it because i'm testing things in strange
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69 ways, and it can be a bit frustrating to have a tool second-guess me
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70 when it seems like i ought to be able to drop the same string i'm using
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71 on the command line into the configuration.
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73 I don't feel strongly, though. if you want to say that bare words found
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74 in the $PATH and absolute filenames (starting with /) are fine in the
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75 notmuch config but relative paths are not, i'd be ok with that :)
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