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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index bfed96846..7e5d8bb80 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -870,7 +870,13 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid)
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();
@@ -885,23 +891,15 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
case 0: /* child */
try {
- pipe.readSide.close();
-
if (dup2(pipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
throw SysError("dupping stdout");
- 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);
-
if (searchPath)
execvp(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
else
execv(program.c_str(), (char * *) &cargs[0]);
throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % program);
-
+
} catch (std::exception & e) {
std::cerr << "error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
}