Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] add util/search-path.{c, h} to test for executables in $PATH

Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] add util/search-path.{c, h} to test for executables in $PATH

Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 08:03:35 +0900

To: Tomi Ollila, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Notmuch Mail

Cc:

From: David Bremner


Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:

>
> The probability for user error is pretty small there -- if there is
> typo/thinko there things usually just starts failing. Security is
> easier to break elsewhere than here (e.g. borken PATH...)
>
> I'd keep the current implementation of test_for_executable()...
>
> Tomi
>

OK

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