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

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Fri Aug 12 00:38:53 PDT 2016


Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> writes:

>>
>> Should we distinguish between relative and absolute paths here?  I can't
>> think of any security implications, but I'm wondering if a relative path
>> is likely just a user error.
>
> I don't think a relative path is necessarily a user error.  I certainly
> use relative paths myself from time to time.

As configuration values? That seems quite fragile, since it depends on
the current working directory when notmuch is run.

d


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