From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:09:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Do not exit when cwd has no name.  Bug 2078
X-Git-Tag: exim-4_90_RC2~26
X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=exim.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd328be98eb5bdda73316eaf95d9d6a617c7df7d

Do not exit when cwd has no name.  Bug 2078
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diff --git a/src/src/exim.c b/src/src/exim.c
index c12b95477..7dd084534 100644
--- a/src/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/src/exim.c
@@ -3793,12 +3793,9 @@ NOTE: immediatly after opening the configuration file we change the working
 directory to "/"! Later we change to $spool_directory. We do it there, because
 during readconf_main() some expansion takes place already. */
 
-/* Store the initial cwd before we change directories */
-if ((initial_cwd = os_getcwd(NULL, 0)) == NULL)
-  {
-  perror("exim: can't get the current working directory");
-  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-  }
+/* Store the initial cwd before we change directories.  Can be NULL if the
+dir has already been unlinked. */
+initial_cwd = os_getcwd(NULL, 0);
 
 /* checking:
     -be[m] expansion test        -