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bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#20330: Do not capture build-time $PATH in 'emacs' binary |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:12:59 +0300 |
> 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.
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