--- On Sun, 8/23/09, Aryeh Gregor
<Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
If they can run commands on the command line,
then they can
use
environment variables. If they can't, then your
suggestion doesn't
help.
If there are administrators who can execute
command
lines, but cannot set environmental variables (e.g., they
are confined to use a special shell)
There aren't. That would make no sense.
Thanks for clarifying the situation. Given this information I
suggest changing all code in command line utilities of the form:
$IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );
if ( $IP === false ) {
$IP = dirname(__FILE__).'/../..';
}
to:
$IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );
if ( $IP === false ) {
echo "Error. The environmental variable MW_INSTALL_PATH must be set
to the root of the MW distribution. Exiting.\n";
die();
}
This would eliminate file position dependent code from the command
line utilities, making them easier to maintain (i.e., they can be
moved in the distribution without breaking them).
Yes, if you change this, they will not break if they are moved within
the distribution. Instead, they will be broken regardless of whether
or not they have been moved.
That's just plain stupid.
--
Andrew Garrett
agarrett(a)wikimedia.org