Re: Cannot exec() program outside of /bin if PATH is unset

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Oct  9 11:46, tednolan@bellsouth.net wrote:
> In message <20141009162906.GA25389@calimero.vinschen.de>you write:
> >
> >Any other idea what *might* be broken if we remove CWD from the
> >DLL search path?
> >
> >
> >Corinna
> >
> 
> I'm pretty sure I've got some programs loading Tcl extensions that
> cd into the directory with the extension dlls, load the extension and then
> change back to where ever they were.

Hmm.  If so, it's quite a weird way to handle this, rather than
loading the modules with full path.

Is that a Tcl "feature", or is it how certain Tcl apps are implemented?
I can't really believe the former...

Assuming I create a Cygwin snapshot adding a call to SetDllDirectory in
the next couple of days, would you be willing to test if your Tcl stuff
still works?


Thanks,
Corinna

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