On 21.12.2009 02:46, Nick Kew wrote: > On 20 Dec 2009, at 23:09, [email protected] wrote: > >> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43906 >> >> I agree it's inconsistent for PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to differ, and in >> AFAICS >> what you ask for seems reasonable. I'll raise this on the dev list. > > PR 43906 complains that SetEnv PATH doesn't work: it gets explicitly > overridden by the environment. On reflection, it seems to me a > reasonable request to be able to set PATH for subrequests. > > The current code ensures PATH is always set: is that really > necessary? Any reason not to remove it in trunk?
We should be a least consistent regarding LD_LIBRARAY_PATH and PATH. IMHO it makes no sense that you can change one of them but not the other. Either you are able to change both or for possible security reasons none of them. Currently I would lean to make both changeable. Regards Rüdiger
