X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/a78212be3364887b5ff9f9902cfb65eb211b269b..03881f6b1af9c9ec8393ed5842b87778c346dae2:/doc/bugs/post-update_hook_can__39__t_be_compiled_with_tcc.mdwn

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@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ I installed `tcc` and `libc6-dev` (for `libcrt1`). The wrapper compilation was O
 
 Everything works fine with gcc.
 
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+versions: Debian lenny + backports
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+> Seems that tcc does not respect changing where `environ` points as a way
+> to change the environment seen after `exec`
+> 
+> Given that the man page for `clearenv` suggests using `environ=NULL`
+> if `clearenv` is not available, I would be lerry or using tcc to compile
+> stuff, since that could easily lead to a security compromise of code that
+> expects that to work. However, I have fixed ikiwiki to use `clearenv`.
+> --[[Joey]] [[done]]