build system: Include signing of tarballs in release checklist

[secnet.git] / process.c

diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
index 0c6d44388dbad630b0db367585a449be41fa20b4..48a82eb86c1ab88d14677af4c41470df86aec9a8 100644 (file)
--- a/process.c
+++ b/process.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static sigset_t registered,pending;
 
 struct child {
     pid_t pid;
-    string_t desc;
+    cstring_t desc;
     process_callback_fn *cb;
     void *cst;
     bool_t finished;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void set_default_signals(void);
    their exit status using the callback function.  We block SIGCHLD
    until signal processing has begun. */
 pid_t makesubproc(process_entry_fn *entry, process_callback_fn *cb,
-                void *est, void *cst, string_t desc)
+                void *est, void *cst, cstring_t desc)
 {
     struct child *c;
     pid_t p;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pid_t makesubproc(process_entry_fn *entry, process_callback_fn *cb,
     c->cst=cst;
 
     if (!signal_handling) {
-       fatal("makesubproc called before signal handling started\n");
+       fatal("makesubproc called before signal handling started");
     }
     p=fork();
     if (p==0) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void sigchld_handler(void *st, int signum)
     }
 }
 
-int sys_cmd(const char *path, char *arg, ...)
+int sys_cmd(const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
     int rv;
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ int sys_cmd(const char *path, char *arg, ...)
        char *args[100];
        int i;
        /* Child -> exec command */
-       args[0]=arg;
+       /* Really we ought to strcpy() the arguments into the args array,
+          since the arguments are const char *.  Since we'll exit anyway
+          if the execvp() fails this seems somewhat pointless, and
+          increases the chance of the child process failing before it
+          gets to exec(). */
+       args[0]=(char *)arg;
        i=1;
        while ((args[i++]=va_arg(ap,char *)));
        execvp(path,args);
@@ -184,6 +189,9 @@ static int signal_beforepoll(void *st, struct pollfd *fds, int *nfds_io,
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Bodge to work around Ubuntu's strict header files */
+static void discard(int anything) {}
+
 static afterpoll_fn signal_afterpoll;
 static void signal_afterpoll(void *st, struct pollfd *fds, int nfds,
                             const struct timeval *tv, uint64_t *now)
@@ -193,7 +201,8 @@ static void signal_afterpoll(void *st, struct pollfd *fds, int nfds,
     sigset_t todo,old;
 
     if (nfds && (fds->revents & POLLIN)) {
-       read(spr,buf,16); /* We don't actually care what we read; as
+       discard(read(spr,buf,16));
+                         /* We don't actually care what we read; as
                             long as there was at least one byte
                             (which there was) we'll pick up the
                             signals in the pending set */
@@ -245,7 +254,8 @@ static void signal_handler(int signum)
        will be atomic, and it seems to be the lesser of the two
        evils. */
     saved_errno=errno;
-    write(spw,&thing,1); /* We don't care if this fails (i.e. the pipe
+    discard(write(spw,&thing,1));
+                         /* We don't care if this fails (i.e. the pipe
                            is full) because the service routine will
                            spot the pending signal anyway */
     errno=saved_errno;