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diff --git a/doc/bugs/linux_standalone_git_annex_won__39__t_work_in_a_directory_whose_path_contains___58___or___59__.mdwn b/doc/bugs/linux_standalone_git_annex_won__39__t_work_in_a_directory_whose_path_contains___58___or___59__.mdwn index 57c1e1d25..c660f065b 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/linux_standalone_git_annex_won__39__t_work_in_a_directory_whose_path_contains___58___or___59__.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/linux_standalone_git_annex_won__39__t_work_in_a_directory_whose_path_contains___58___or___59__.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ### Please describe the problem. -The shim for the standalone version of git annex invokes the dynamic linker with --library-path set appropriatly. glibc's parsing of library-path treats : and ; as seperaters and has no quoting syntax for those characters. Also path items have to be absolute paths so you can't avoid having the whole path. +The shim for the standalone version of git annex invokes the dynamic linker with --library-path set appropriately. glibc's parsing of library-path treats : and ; as separators and has no quoting syntax for those characters. Also path items have to be absolute paths so you can't avoid having the whole path. As a result if you install the standalone version in a directory whose path includes either of those characters it will produce a library-path that's interpreted incorrectly leading to it looking for the libraries in the wrong place and potentially eventually using the system's installed versions if they are available. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This bug applies to any version. with a ':' it will probably occur on any unix, ### Please provide any additional information below. -This bug can't be fixed. It's unlikely to trip people up but might with a bad combination of label-based drive mounting and odd drive labels. The worst case would be incompatable libraries on the system install which could lead to data corruption. +This bug can't be fixed. It's unlikely to trip people up but might with a bad combination of label-based drive mounting and odd drive labels. The worst case would be incompatible libraries on the system install which could lead to data corruption. I recommend that the git annex shim should check for ':' or ';' in the path and exit non-zero if they are found. |