Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC55431FC0 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:53:35 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.699 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.699 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VjpXVZTDX4hE for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:53:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ve0-f182.google.com (mail-ve0-f182.google.com [209.85.128.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E51D4431FBD for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:53:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ve0-f182.google.com with SMTP id jy13so8683093veb.13 for ; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:53:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8Xv9pJDuU2pgYNcoQzTvWNdVP30H9sS29wC380egCNk=; b=NXeB9K7P8wo5pjMg+gTB7RYgICWTr0NqK26SaC/vszG8t0Ec/QmzdKXYfUuoL4ZGIk aqEi0kxVbSlCu5KWwsBs3mFVFqwqgMxCvrSnn3uFg/EZMG2dBXS59nfCPfvKhP0Dw7hs PSOa7meyPl2wM3J/zhgRm0cjjgz37ceJRPXxQQi0uSp3tVURbU8c1Uhv0uARrPB5v0wD EV+z03KjVlURO7o+79q/5kp9hLLqY8v7zGEodR9XikI9Zvkj1zJ55usKyUjE5Bqs7mgH +Z31ac37s2FQXLzhtpe8mDhLZaSK1Jb/LD5Muqj6UINRVkc26sFaXQp3U1aRZ1XBX8OS Ia+g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkJmPUObs4W/S9SF9IRP0WBu6OrWwwwY09Po/t47cYnZQ/avMOiYEsuuhSBOC+oheFwg6jH MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.57.194 with SMTP id k2mr17294685veq.0.1388876005180; Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.143.6 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.143.6 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:53:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140104223742.GC16514@danbala.tuwien.ac.at> References: <20140103214735.GG27614@danbala.tuwien.ac.at> <871u0nnaw8.fsf@zancas.localnet> <20140104223742.GC16514@danbala.tuwien.ac.at> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 00:53:25 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: notmuch-0.16: realpath() compatibility issue; clang visibility problem From: Jani Nikula To: Thomas Klausner Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11369b0eed1d6904ef2ce417 Cc: Notmuch Mail X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:53:35 -0000 --001a11369b0eed1d6904ef2ce417 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Jan 5, 2014 12:38 AM, "Thomas Klausner" wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:18:15AM -0400, David Bremner wrote: > > I'm not sure what the right answer is here. MATHPATHLEN (and PATH_MAX) > > are not necessarily defined; in particular this would break > > compilation on GNU Hurd. Perhaps we should ship a compatibility > > implementation of a POSIX.1-2008 compatible [1] realpath. Or maybe > > realpath can be avoided completely here. > > A compatibility implementation for POSIX.1-2008-realpath would be > great, as would be avoiding the call. Why is it necessary to resolve > $HOME here? realpath is used to follow, not overwrite symlinks. --001a11369b0eed1d6904ef2ce417 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Jan 5, 2014 12:38 AM, "Thomas Klausner" <tk@giga.or.at> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:18:15AM -0400, David Bremner wrote:
> > I'm not sure what the right answer is here. MATHPATHLEN (and PATH_MAX)
> > are not necessarily defined; in particular this would break
> > compilation on GNU Hurd. Perhaps we should ship a compatibility
> > implementation of a POSIX.1-2008 compatible [1] realpath. Or maybe
> > realpath can be avoided completely here.
>
> A compatibility implementation for POSIX.1-2008-realpath would be
> great, as would be avoiding the call. Why is it necessary to resolve
> $HOME here?

realpath is used to follow, not overwrite symlinks.

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