Re: [PATCH] Use execvp to call sendmail

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Christoph Berg wrote:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User Christoph Berg <cb@xxxxxxxx>
> # Date 1174055839 -3600
> # Node ID c82435f2db41fd63b91cfbb9e7f820ac9839e445
> # Parent  347824928102661e6dea3b4f411324320e755a07
> Use execvp to call sendmail, useful for people trying sendmail="ssh host 
> sendmail".
>
> diff -r 347824928102 -r c82435f2db41 sendlib.c
> --- a/sendlib.c Fri Mar 16 15:04:59 2007 +0100
> +++ b/sendlib.c Fri Mar 16 15:37:19 2007 +0100
> @@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ send_msg (const char *path, char **args,
>           _exit (S_ERR);
>       }
>
> -      execv (path, args);
> +      execvp (path, args);

same advice (it should be explicitly configurable).

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