* posix/execvp.c: Don't use stat to search path; just try execv

 	until it works.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/posix/execvp.c b/posix/execvp.c
index 01ae0d10a9..723e7fa503 100644
--- a/posix/execvp.c
+++ b/posix/execvp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -16,34 +16,25 @@ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 
-#include <ansidecl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#ifndef	HAVE_GNU_LD
-#define	__environ	environ
-#endif
 
 /* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if it contains
    no slashes, with arguments ARGV and environment from `environ'.  */
 int
-DEFUN(execvp, (file, argv), CONST char *file AND char *CONST argv[])
+execvp (file, argv)
+     const char *file;
+     char *const argv[];
 {
-  if (strchr (file, '/') == NULL)
+  if (strchr (file, '/') != NULL)
+    /* Don't search when it contains a slash.  */
+    return execv (file, argv);
+  else
     {
-      char *path, *p;
-      struct stat st;
+      char *path, *p, *name;
       size_t len;
-      uid_t uid;
-      gid_t gid;
-      int ngroups;
-      gid_t groups[NGROUPS_MAX];
-      char *name;
 
       path = getenv ("PATH");
       if (path == NULL)
@@ -59,9 +50,6 @@ DEFUN(execvp, (file, argv), CONST char *file AND char *CONST argv[])
 
       len = strlen (file) + 1;
       name = __alloca (strlen (path) + len);
-      uid = geteuid ();
-      gid = getegid ();
-      ngroups = getgroups (sizeof (groups) / sizeof (groups[0]), groups);
       p = path;
       do
 	{
@@ -81,32 +69,21 @@ DEFUN(execvp, (file, argv), CONST char *file AND char *CONST argv[])
 	      name[p - path] = '/';
 	      (void) memcpy (&name[(p - path) + 1], file, len);
 	    }
-	  if (stat (name, &st) == 0 && S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
-	    {
-	      int bit = S_IXOTH;
-	      if (st.st_uid == uid)
-		bit = S_IXUSR;
-	      else if (st.st_gid == gid)
-		bit = S_IXGRP;
-	      else
-		{
-		  register int i;
-		  for (i = 0; i < ngroups; ++i)
-		    if (st.st_gid == groups[i])
-		      {
-			bit = S_IXGRP;
-			break;
-		      }
-		}
-	      if (st.st_mode & bit)
-		{
-		  file = name;
-		  break;
-		}
-	    }
+
+	  /* Try to execute this name.  If it works, execv will not return.  */
+	  execv (name, argv);
+	  if (errno != ENOENT && errno != EACCES)
+	    /* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
+	       by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
+	       directory.  Some other error means we found an executable
+	       file, but something went wrong executing it; return the
+	       error to our caller.  */
+	    return -1;
 	}
       while (*p++ != '\0');
     }
 
-  return __execve (file, argv, __environ);
+  /* We tried every element and none of them worked.
+     Return the error from the last attempt (probably ENOENT).  */
+  return -1;
 }