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bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:37:00 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> skribis:
>> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
>> Cc: 20330@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:45:38 +0200
>>
>> >> >> The attached patch makes sure that the ‘emacs’ executable does not
>> >> >> capture the value of the build-time $PATH (which notably includes the
>> >> >> build directory, which may or may not exist afterwards.)
>> >> >
>> >> > Why only exec-path?
>> >>
>> >> AFAICS this is the only thing that captures the build-time $PATH in the
>> >> installed binary.
>> >
>> > What makes PATH special? Don't you want to prevent any build-time
>> > directories (except source-directory) from leaking into the binary?
>>
>> I do, but I haven’t noticed any other leaks. Do you think there are
>> others?
>
> load-path comes to mind, it can include PATH_DUMPLOADSEARCH, AFAIR.
Maybe you’re right, but I haven’t noticed any such thing with Guix’s
conservative GC scanner.
Ludo’.
bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Glenn Morris, 2015/04/15
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Ludovic Courtès, 2015/04/16
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Glenn Morris, 2015/04/16
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/04/16
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Glenn Morris, 2015/04/16
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/04/16
- bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary, Glenn Morris, 2015/04/20