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| author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org> | 2020-12-01 23:11:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org> | 2020-12-02 08:11:26 +0200 |
| commit | c0f4c3b99bb3364fe3f840b1ecb44af2eeba097b (patch) | |
| tree | 374bc9fe1a9802d97f027b56ddf9a1f59268fb4e /NEWS | |
| parent | c26297063aa2dad0fecd28791a47a8bffcfc9925 (diff) | |
| download | pies-c0f4c3b99bb3364fe3f840b1ecb44af2eeba097b.tar.gz pies-c0f4c3b99bb3364fe3f840b1ecb44af2eeba097b.tar.bz2 | |
New component flag: expandenv
* NEWS: Update.
* doc/pies.texi: Document the expandenv flag.
* src/comp.c (component_finish): Warn if both "shell" and "expandenv"
are used together.
Expand command to argc/argv only unless the CF_EXPANDENV flag is given.
* src/pies.c (str_to_cf): New flag: expandenv
* src/pies.h (CF_EXPANDENV): New define.
* src/prog.h (struct prog): New member: argv.
* src/progman.c (destroy_prog): Free argv.
(prog_start_prologue): Expand the command line taking into account
the current environment if CF_EXPANDENV flag is given. Otherwise,
copy the component argv to the prog.
(prog_execute): Use prog->v.p.argv
* tests/Makefile.am: Add expandenv.at
* tests/testsuite.at: Likewise.
* tests/expandenv.at: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU Pies NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2020-10-18 +GNU Pies NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2020-12-01 See the end of file for copying conditions. Please send Pies bug reports to <bug-pies@gnu.org> or @@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ properly. * Fix cyclic dependency detection +* New component flag: expandenv + +The "expandenv" flag instructs pies to parse the command line +and to expand any references to environment variables within it +as the Bourne shell would have done it. This allows for expanding +the environment variables without the overhead of actually running +the shell. + +This flag is incompatible with the "shell" flag. When both are used, +the preference is given to "shell" and a warning message to that +effect is issued. Version 1.4, 2019-07-02 |