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* [Bug libc/10221] New: Please provide execvpe as a GNU extension
@ 2009-05-30 19:49 martinrb at google dot com
2009-06-02 14:04 ` [Bug libc/10221] " drepper at redhat dot com
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From: martinrb at google dot com @ 2009-05-30 19:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
The Unix standards do not provide an execvpe,
which is obvious "missing" functionality.
Java's subprocess implementation is one example of
software projects implementing their own execvpe.
For glibc, the implementation seems particularly easy
- copy posix/execvp.c to posix/execvpe.c, replacing references to
__environ with a reference to a user-provided envp.
It is hard for users to implement execvpe completely faithfully themselves,
because it is not so easy to find the default value of PATH,
or the right shell to use to run scripts in case of ENOEXEC,
in accordance with the standard practice on the platform.
If agreed, I would be willing to help work on implementation,
although I am not a glibc hacker.
Hopefully, execvpe would be added to a future revision of the Unix standards.
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Summary: Please provide execvpe as a GNU extension
Product: glibc
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: libc
AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
ReportedBy: martinrb at google dot com
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* [Bug libc/10221] Please provide execvpe as a GNU extension
2009-05-30 19:49 [Bug libc/10221] New: Please provide execvpe as a GNU extension martinrb at google dot com
@ 2009-06-02 14:04 ` drepper at redhat dot com
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From: drepper at redhat dot com @ 2009-06-02 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2009-06-02 14:04 -------
Add in git master.
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