[PATCH 2/24] ver_linux: path2bin_test.patch

[Alexander Kapshuk]

As suggested by Jim Davis <jim.epost@xxxxxxxxx>, this patch checks for
binaries in the user's $PATH first by calling 'which name-of-binary'. If
the binary is not found there, an attempt is made to find it elsewhere
on the system. 'whereis name-of-binary' is used to that end.

Below is Jim's reasoning behind the suggestion made:
Though looking back at your patch, what might work is to look first
for depmod in the user's $PATH and then try whereis only if that fails.
I'm not convinced that's much better than just searching $PATH, but that
at least would go with the user's preference first.

Tested on:
Gentoo Linux
Debian 6.0.10
Oracle Linux Server release 7.1

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@xxxxxxxxx>
---
--- linux/scripts/ver_linux.orig    2015-10-03 13:41:57.118790241 +0300
+++ linux/scripts/ver_linux    2015-10-03 13:46:25.879768460 +0300
@@ -11,6 +11,166 @@
 uname -a
 echo ' '

+gcc=`which gcc 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$gcc" ||
+gcc=`whereis gcc |
+        sed '/\/gcc/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+make=`which make 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$make" ||
+make=`whereis make |
+        sed '/\/make/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+ld=`which ld 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$ld" ||
+ld=`whereis ld |
+        sed '/\/ld/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+mount=`which mount 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$mount" ||
+mount=`whereis mount |
+        sed '/\/mount/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+depmod=`which depmod 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$depmod" ||
+depmod=`whereis depmod |
+        sed '/\/depmod/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+tune2fs=`which tune2fs 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$tune2fs" ||
+tune2fs=`whereis tune2fs |
+        sed '/\/tune2fs/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+fsckjfs=`which fsck.jfs 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$fsckjfs" ||
+fsckjfs=`whereis fsck.jfs |
+        sed '/\/fsck.jfs/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+reiserfsck=`which reiserfsck 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$reiserfsck" ||
+reiserfsck=`whereis reiserfsck |
+        sed '/\/reiserfsck/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+xfs_db=`which xfs_db 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$xfs_db" ||
+xfs_db=`whereis xfs_db |
+        sed '/\/xfs_db/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+pccardctl=`which pccardctl 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$pccardctl" ||
+pccardctl=`whereis pccardctl |
+        sed '/\/pccardctl/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+quota=`which quota 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$quota" ||
+quota=`whereis quota |
+        sed '/\/quota/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+pppd=`which pppd 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$pppd" ||
+pppd=`whereis pppd |
+        sed '/\/pppd/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+ldd=`which ldd 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$ldd" ||
+ldd=`whereis ldd |
+        sed '/\/ldd/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+ldconfig=`which ldconfig 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$ldconfig" ||
+ldconfig=`whereis ldconfig |
+        sed '/\/ldconfig/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+ps=`which ps 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$ps" ||
+ps=`whereis ps |
+        sed '/\/ps/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+ifconfig=`which ifconfig 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$ifconfig" ||
+ifconfig=`whereis ifconfig |
+        sed '/\/ifconfig/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+loadkeys=`which loadkeys 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$loadkeys" ||
+loadkeys=`whereis loadkeys |
+        sed '/\/loadkeys/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+expr=`which expr 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$expr" ||
+expr=`whereis expr |
+        sed '/\/expr/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+udev=`which udevadm 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$udev" ||
+udev=`whereis udevadm |
+        sed '/\/udevadm/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
+iwconfig=`which iwconfig 2>/dev/null`
+test -n "$iwconfig" ||
+iwconfig=`whereis iwconfig |
+        sed '/\/iwconfig/!d
+        s/.*:[ \t]//
+        s/[ \t].*//'
+`
+
 gcc -dumpversion 2>&1| awk \
 'NR==1{print "Gnu C                 ", $1}'
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