On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 10:14 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 24-04-2008 23:53:51 +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote: > > Using gcc-config fails compared to what binutils-config does for me. > > > > It turns out that this fails... > > > > env -i portageq envvar CHOST > > > > whereas in binutils-config we just do... > > > > portageq envvar CHOST > > > > Doing the former, gives me.... > > > > env: /root/gentoo/usr/bin/portageq: Invalid executable file format > > Does your /root/gentoo/usr/bin/portageq have an absolute shebang? Mine > does.
Yes. > > Is there any reason to use "env -i" ?? > > it cleans the environment, probably for that case to avoid garbage (set > by the user) to influence portageq's output. Must have been a reason > for it at some point. Feels wrong they aren't aligned in > binutils-config and gcc-config, though. Funnily enough. env /root/gentoo/usr/bin/portageq - works env -i /root/gentoo/usr/bin/portageq - Invalid executable file format Alan. -- [email protected] mailing list
