[Bug 56375] New: execl does not work like in windows.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56375

Bug ID: 56375
           Summary: execl does not work like in windows.
           Product: Wine-gecko
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-gecko-unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Something that bothers me since many time ago is that when you develop Windows
applications in Linux testing in Wine a common pitfall is that execl won't work
equal so a perfectly working program in wine won't work at all in windows.

I do not know why in wine execl will search path and it is more permissive with
the contents of the second argument while in windows it only allows relative or
absolute paths and the second argument must have a correct content.

Is there something that can be done?

[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56375

--- Comment #1 from Sergio  ---
With execl I refer to the unistd.h functions of course.

[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56375

Sergio  changed:

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[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

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Fabian Maurer  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Fabian Maurer  ---
Can you provide a concrete example?

[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

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Sergio  changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #3 from Sergio  ---
I think execl does not actually have this problem finally, I tried to reproduce
but could not.

[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56375

--- Comment #4 from Austin English  ---
Closing.

[Bug 56375] execl does not work like in windows.

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56375

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Austin English  ---
Actually closing.