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* [PATCH] spawn: note we do not use absolute paths within our code
@ 2016-05-23  1:08 Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2016-05-23  1:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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We can't rely on absolute paths when installed on other
systems.

Unfortunately, mlmmj-* requires them, but none of the core
code will use it.
---
 lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
index c5a5c01..66dce33 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ unless (defined $vfork_spawn) {
 	*public_inbox_fork_exec = *PublicInbox::SpawnPP::public_inbox_fork_exec
 }
 
+# n.b. we never use absolute paths with this
 sub which ($) {
 	my ($file) = @_;
 	foreach my $p (split(':', $ENV{PATH})) {

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