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-rw-r--r--lib/utils_cmd.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index e10ab918..0c853dcc 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
# include <sys/wait.h>
#endif
+/* used in _cmd_open to pass the environment to commands */
+extern char **environ;
+
/** macros **/
#ifndef WEXITSTATUS
# define WEXITSTATUS(stat_val) ((unsigned)(stat_val) >> 8)
@@ -122,7 +125,6 @@ cmd_init (void)
static int
_cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
{
- char *env[2];
pid_t pid;
#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
struct rlimit limit;
@@ -137,8 +139,7 @@ _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
if (!_cmd_pids)
CMD_INIT;
- env[0] = strdup ("LC_ALL=C");
- env[1] = '\0';
+ setenv("LC_ALL", "C", 1);
if (pipe (pfd) < 0 || pipe (pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork ()) < 0)
return -1; /* errno set by the failing function */
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
if (_cmd_pids[i] > 0)
close (i);
- execve (argv[0], argv, env);
+ execve (argv[0], argv, environ);
_exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
}