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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc
index 024cea83d1..846674a29d 100644
--- a/nix/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc
@@ -852,20 +852,16 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-std::vector<const char *> stringsToCharPtrs(const Strings & ss)
-{
- std::vector<const char *> res;
- foreach (Strings::const_iterator, i, ss)
- res.push_back(i->c_str());
- res.push_back(0);
- return res;
-}
-
-
string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
{
checkInterrupt();
+ std::vector<const char *> cargs; /* careful with c_str()! */
+ cargs.push_back(program.c_str());
+ for (Strings::const_iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ++i)
+ cargs.push_back(i->c_str());
+ cargs.push_back(0);
+
/* Create a pipe. */
Pipe pipe;
pipe.create();
@@ -884,10 +880,6 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
if (dup2(pipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
throw SysError("dupping stdout");
- Strings args_(args);
- args_.push_front(program);
- auto cargs = stringsToCharPtrs(args_);
-
if (searchPath)
execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
else