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author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
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committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2010-08-27 10:01:58 +0200 |
commit | f398ad035b973608d380c9939ea845d8e2a0cdc2 (patch) | |
tree | 1ba1a0c94e375ab8ed609eaa57a542c6b87de5a8 /doc/bugs/post-update_hook_can__39__t_be_compiled_with_tcc.mdwn | |
parent | 958e5735c946263a111420fe47abe58782581e8c (diff) | |
parent | 6d213a0c739d5b34357b01a616f99197eeba6ad9 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.ikiwiki.info
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/post-update_hook_can__39__t_be_compiled_with_tcc.mdwn b/doc/bugs/post-update_hook_can__39__t_be_compiled_with_tcc.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8fb19888 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/post-update_hook_can__39__t_be_compiled_with_tcc.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Thinking that any c compiler would do the job, I tried to use tcc with ikiwiki, as explicitely allowed by the Debian package dependencies. + +I installed `tcc` and `libc6-dev` (for `libcrt1`). The wrapper compilation was OK, but the wrapper fails to run correctly and dies with + + usage: ikiwiki [options] source dest + ikiwiki --setup configfile + +Everything works fine with gcc. + +versions: Debian lenny + backports + +> Seems that tcc does not respect changing where `environ` points as a way +> to change the environment seen after `exec` +> +> Given that the man page for `clearenv` suggests using `environ=NULL` +> if `clearenv` is not available, I would be lerry or using tcc to compile +> stuff, since that could easily lead to a security compromise of code that +> expects that to work. However, I have fixed ikiwiki to use `clearenv`. +> --[[Joey]] [[done]] |