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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libstore/build.cc b/nix/libstore/build.cc
index b3c994d6de..f38cd29940 100644
--- a/nix/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/nix/libstore/build.cc
@@ -401,6 +401,18 @@ static void commonChildInit(Pipe & logPipe)
}
+/* Convert a string list to an array of char pointers. Careful: the
+ string list should outlive the array. */
+const char * * strings2CharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
+{
+ const char * * arr = new const char * [ss.size() + 1];
+ const char * * p = arr;
+ foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss) *p++ = i->c_str();
+ *p = 0;
+ return arr;
+}
+
+
/* Restore default handling of SIGPIPE, otherwise some programs will
randomly say "Broken pipe". */
static void restoreSIGPIPE()
@@ -2123,7 +2135,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::initChild()
Strings envStrs;
foreach (Environment::const_iterator, i, env)
envStrs.push_back(rewriteHashes(i->first + "=" + i->second, rewritesToTmp));
- std::vector<const char *> envArr = stringsToCharPtrs(envStrs);
+ const char * * envArr = strings2CharPtrs(envStrs);
+
+ Path program = drv.builder.c_str();
+ std::vector<const char *> args; /* careful with c_str()! */
+ string user; /* must be here for its c_str()! */
/* If we are running in `build-users' mode, then switch to the
user we allocated above. Make sure that we drop all root
@@ -2149,18 +2165,17 @@ void DerivationGoal::initChild()
}
/* Fill in the arguments. */
- Strings args;
string builderBasename = baseNameOf(drv.builder);
args.push_back(builderBasename.c_str());
foreach (Strings::iterator, i, drv.args)
- args.push_back(rewriteHashes(*i, rewritesToTmp));
- std::vector<const char *> argArr = stringsToCharPtrs(args);
+ args.push_back(rewriteHashes(*i, rewritesToTmp).c_str());
+ args.push_back(0);
restoreSIGPIPE();
/* Execute the program. This should not return. */
inSetup = false;
- execve(drv.builder.c_str(), (char * *) &argArr[0], (char * *) &envArr[0]);
+ execve(program.c_str(), (char * *) &args[0], (char * *) envArr);
throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % drv.builder);
@@ -2763,7 +2778,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
args.push_back("--substitute");
args.push_back(storePath);
args.push_back(destPath);
- std::vector<const char *> argArr = stringsToCharPtrs(args);
+ const char * * argArr = strings2CharPtrs(args);
/* Fork the substitute program. */
pid = maybeVfork();
@@ -2781,7 +2796,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
if (dup2(outPipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
throw SysError("cannot dup output pipe into stdout");
- execv(sub.c_str(), (char * *) &argArr[0]);
+ execv(sub.c_str(), (char * *) argArr);
throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % sub);