Must be old age setting in :(

Thanks,

-A

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> W dniu pią, 08.09.2017 o godzinie 14∶48 -0400, użytkownik Alec Warner
> napisał:
> > Why PATH=/dev/null vs export PATH=""
>
> +      # note: we can't use empty because it implies current directory
>
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Dnia 31 sierpnia 2017 22:45:42 CEST, "Michał Górny" <mgo...@gentoo.org
> >
> > > napisał(a):
> > > > Set PATH to /dev/null when sourcing the ebuild for dependency
> > > > resolution
> > > > in order to prevent shell from finding external commands via PATH
> > > > lookup. While this does not prevent executing programs via full path,
> > > > it
> > > > should catch the majority of accidental uses.
> > > >
> > > > Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/199
> > > >
> > > > // Note: this can't be merged right now since we still have ebuilds
> > > > // calling external commands; see:
> > > > // https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629222
> > >
> > > Update: gentoo is green now
> > >
> > > > ---
> > > > bin/ebuild.sh             | 6 +++++-
> > > > bin/isolated-functions.sh | 4 ++++
> > > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/bin/ebuild.sh b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > index c23561651..94a44d534 100755
> > > > --- a/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > +++ b/bin/ebuild.sh
> > > > @@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ else
> > > >       done
> > > >       unset funcs x
> > > >
> > > > +      # prevent the shell from finding external executables
> > > > +      # note: we can't use empty because it implies current
> directory
> > > > +      _PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH=${PATH}
> > > > +      export PATH=/dev/null
> > > >       command_not_found_handle() {
> > > > -              die "Command not found while sourcing ebuild: ${*}"
> > > > +              die "External commands disallowed while sourcing
> ebuild:
> > >
> > > ${*}"
> > > >       }
> > > > fi
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/bin/isolated-functions.sh b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > index e320f7132..b28e44f18 100644
> > > > --- a/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > +++ b/bin/isolated-functions.sh
> > > > @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ __helpers_die() {
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > die() {
> > > > +      # restore PATH since die calls basename & sed
> > > > +      # TODO: make it pure bash
> > > > +      [[ -n ${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH} ]] && PATH=${_PORTAGE_ORIG_PATH}
> > > > +
> > > >       set +x # tracing only produces useless noise here
> > > >       local IFS=$' \t\n'
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > Michał Górny (by phone)
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny
>
>
>

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