On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 07:42:26PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > /* > > + * If we are still running, we know an error occurred; let's try to > > + * diagnose it more specifically. > > + * > > * When a command can't be found because one of the directories > > Looks fine to me. :) Thanks. Junio, do you mind squashing this onto the tip of jk/run-command-eaccess? Patch repeated below for your convenience. This should fix Ramsay's problem, but I think his patch is worth applying, anyway. --- diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index 7123436..e6ece79 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -117,10 +117,12 @@ static int exists_in_PATH(const char *file) int sane_execvp(const char *file, char * const argv[]) { - if (!execvp(file, argv)) - return 0; + execvp(file, argv); /* + * If we are still running, we know an error occurred; let's try to + * diagnose it more specifically. + * * When a command can't be found because one of the directories * listed in $PATH is unsearchable, execvp reports EACCES, but * careful usability testing (read: analysis of occasional bug -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html