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fix conceptual error/thinko in EnvironmentalProtectionAgency when using unsetenv() while iterating over char** environ

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Paul Davis 2014-04-04 15:25:56 -04:00
parent f7396fd462
commit 3e7fad52f5

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@ -131,19 +131,26 @@ EnvironmentalProtectionAgency::restore () const
void
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency::clear () const
{
char** the_environ = environ;
/* Copy the environment before using (g_)unsetenv() because on some
platforms (maybe all?) this directly modifies the environ array,
cause complications for iterating through it.
*/
for (size_t i = 0; the_environ[i]; ++i) {
string estring = the_environ[i];
string::size_type equal = estring.find_first_of ('=');
vector<string> ecopy;
for (size_t i = 0; environ[i]; ++i) {
ecopy.push_back (environ[i]);
}
for (vector<string>::const_iterator e = ecopy.begin(); e != ecopy.end(); ++e) {
string::size_type equal = (*e).find_first_of ('=');
if (equal == string::npos) {
/* say what? an environ value without = ? */
continue;
}
string before = estring.substr (0, equal);
g_unsetenv(before.c_str());
string var_name = (*e).substr (0, equal);
g_unsetenv(var_name.c_str());
}
}