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From: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 07/13] msvc: work around a bug in GetEnvironmentVariable()
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:55:35 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f2245a228e1e1a9b6f0bb70f8f6987af2140182.1569837329.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.288.v2.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

The return value of that function is 0 both for variables that are
unset, as well as for variables whose values are empty. To discern those
two cases, one has to call `GetLastError()`, whose return value is
`ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND` and `ERROR_SUCCESS`, respectively.

Except that it is not actually set to `ERROR_SUCCESS` in the latter
case, apparently, but the last error value seems to be simply unchanged.

To work around this, let's just re-set the last error value just before
inspecting the environment variable.

This fixes a problem that triggers failures in t3301-notes.sh (where we
try to override config settings by passing empty values for certain
environment variables).

This problem is hidden in the MINGW build by the fact that older
MSVC runtimes (such as the one used by MINGW builds) have a `calloc()`
that re-sets the last error value in case of success, while newer
runtimes set the error value only if `NULL` is returned by that
function.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 4891789771..7d8cb814ba 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ char *mingw_getenv(const char *name)
 	if (!w_key)
 		die("Out of memory, (tried to allocate %u wchar_t's)", len_key);
 	xutftowcs(w_key, name, len_key);
+	/* GetEnvironmentVariableW() only sets the last error upon failure */
+	SetLastError(ERROR_SUCCESS);
 	len_value = GetEnvironmentVariableW(w_key, w_value, ARRAY_SIZE(w_value));
 	if (!len_value && GetLastError() == ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND) {
 		free(w_key);
-- 
gitgitgadget


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-09-30  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-26  8:30 [PATCH 00/13] ci: include a Visual Studio build & test in our Azure Pipeline Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 01/13] push: do not pretend to return `int` from `die_push_simple()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 02/13] msvc: avoid using minus operator on unsigned types Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26 17:20   ` Denton Liu
2019-09-26 21:01     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26 23:57       ` Denton Liu
2019-09-30  9:50         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 03/13] winansi: use FLEX_ARRAY to avoid compiler warning Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 04/13] compat/win32/path-utils.h: add #include guards Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 05/13] msvc: ignore some libraries when linking Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 06/13] msvc: handle DEVELOPER=1 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 07/13] msvc: work around a bug in GetEnvironmentVariable() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 08/13] vcxproj: only copy `git-remote-http.exe` once it was built Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 09/13] vcxproj: include more generated files Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 10/13] test-tool run-command: learn to run (parts of) the testsuite Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 11/13] tests: let --immediate and --write-junit-xml play well together Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-28 22:22   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-30  9:52     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 12/13] ci: really use shallow clones on Azure Pipelines Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-26  8:30 ` [PATCH 13/13] ci: also build and test with MS Visual Studio " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] ci: include a Visual Studio build & test in our Azure Pipeline Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 01/13] push: do not pretend to return `int` from `die_push_simple()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-03 22:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-04  9:36       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 02/13] msvc: avoid using minus operator on unsigned types Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-03 22:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-04  9:55       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-04 17:09         ` Johannes Sixt
2019-10-04 21:24           ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-06  0:02             ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-06 10:53               ` Johannes Sixt
2019-10-08 12:04                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-08 21:13                   ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 03/13] winansi: use FLEX_ARRAY to avoid compiler warning Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 05/13] msvc: ignore some libraries when linking Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 04/13] compat/win32/path-utils.h: add #include guards Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 06/13] msvc: handle DEVELOPER=1 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget [this message]
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 08/13] vcxproj: only copy `git-remote-http.exe` once it was built Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 09/13] vcxproj: include more generated files Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 10/13] test-tool run-command: learn to run (parts of) the testsuite Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 11/13] tests: let --immediate and --write-junit-xml play well together Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 12/13] ci: really use shallow clones on Azure Pipelines Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-09-30  9:55   ` [PATCH v2 13/13] ci: also build and test with MS Visual Studio " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09   ` [PATCH v3 00/13] ci: include a Visual Studio build & test in our Azure Pipeline Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 01/13] push: do not pretend to return `int` from `die_push_simple()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 02/13] msvc: avoid using minus operator on unsigned types Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 03/13] winansi: use FLEX_ARRAY to avoid compiler warning Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-07 19:16       ` Alban Gruin
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 04/13] compat/win32/path-utils.h: add #include guards Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 05/13] msvc: ignore some libraries when linking Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 07/13] msvc: work around a bug in GetEnvironmentVariable() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 06/13] msvc: handle DEVELOPER=1 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 08/13] vcxproj: only copy `git-remote-http.exe` once it was built Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 09/13] vcxproj: include more generated files Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 10/13] test-tool run-command: learn to run (parts of) the testsuite Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 11/13] tests: let --immediate and --write-junit-xml play well together Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 12/13] ci: really use shallow clones on Azure Pipelines Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-04 15:09     ` [PATCH v3 13/13] ci: also build and test with MS Visual Studio " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-10-06  0:19     ` [PATCH v3 00/13] ci: include a Visual Studio build & test in our Azure Pipeline Junio C Hamano
2019-10-06 10:45       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-06 20:38         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-07  1:14           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-07 21:51             ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-08  2:19               ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-08 12:46                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-09 13:57                   ` Philip Oakley
2019-10-10  9:03                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-10-10 10:12                       ` Philip Oakley
2019-10-07  0:59         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-07 16:08           ` Thomas Gummerer
2019-10-11 22:06             ` Johannes Schindelin

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