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-rw-r--r--run-command.c39
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index f91e446c86..a2796c4cae 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -67,23 +67,24 @@ static int child_notifier = -1;
static void notify_parent(void)
{
- ssize_t unused;
- unused = write(child_notifier, "", 1);
+ /*
+ * execvp failed. If possible, we'd like to let start_command
+ * know, so failures like ENOENT can be handled right away; but
+ * otherwise, finish_command will still report the error.
+ */
+ xwrite(child_notifier, "", 1);
}
static NORETURN void die_child(const char *err, va_list params)
{
- char msg[4096];
- ssize_t unused;
- int len = vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
- if (len > sizeof(msg))
- len = sizeof(msg);
-
- unused = write(child_err, "fatal: ", 7);
- unused = write(child_err, msg, len);
- unused = write(child_err, "\n", 1);
+ vwritef(child_err, "fatal: ", err, params);
exit(128);
}
+
+static void error_child(const char *err, va_list params)
+{
+ vwritef(child_err, "error: ", err, params);
+}
#endif
static inline void set_cloexec(int fd)
@@ -124,9 +125,6 @@ static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid, const char *argv0, int silent_exec_failure)
if (code == 127) {
code = -1;
failed_errno = ENOENT;
- if (!silent_exec_failure)
- error("cannot run %s: %s", argv0,
- strerror(ENOENT));
}
} else {
error("waitpid is confused (%s)", argv0);
@@ -214,6 +212,7 @@ fail_pipe:
set_cloexec(child_err);
}
set_die_routine(die_child);
+ set_error_routine(error_child);
close(notify_pipe[0]);
set_cloexec(notify_pipe[1]);
@@ -280,14 +279,14 @@ fail_pipe:
} else {
execvp(cmd->argv[0], (char *const*) cmd->argv);
}
- /*
- * Do not check for cmd->silent_exec_failure; the parent
- * process will check it when it sees this exit code.
- */
- if (errno == ENOENT)
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ if (!cmd->silent_exec_failure)
+ error("cannot run %s: %s", cmd->argv[0],
+ strerror(ENOENT));
exit(127);
- else
+ } else {
die_errno("cannot exec '%s'", cmd->argv[0]);
+ }
}
if (cmd->pid < 0)
error("cannot fork() for %s: %s", cmd->argv[0],