3 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 3c5141a1..2e25b787 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
 	char scriptfn[PATH_MAX];
 	char cmdline[PATH_MAX];
 	char tmpdir[PATH_MAX];
+	char *argv[] = { "sh", "-c", cmdline, NULL };
 	char *scriptpath;
 	int clean_tmpdir = 0;
 	int retval = 0;
@@ -401,7 +402,9 @@ int _alpm_runscriptlet(const char *root, const char *installfn,
 				scriptpath, script, ver);
 	}
 
-	retval = _alpm_run_chroot(root, cmdline);
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "executing \"%s\"\n", cmdline);
+
+	retval = _alpm_run_chroot(root, "/bin/sh", argv);
 
 cleanup:
 	if(clean_tmpdir && _alpm_rmrf(tmpdir)) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 46460f0b..8a1f3924 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ int _alpm_logaction(int usesyslog, FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	return(ret);
 }
 
-int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *cmd)
+int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *path, char *const argv[])
 {
 	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *cmd)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "executing \"%s\" under chroot \"%s\"\n", cmd, root);
+	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "executing \"%s\" under chroot \"%s\"\n", path, root);
 
 	/* Flush open fds before fork() to avoid cloning buffers */
 	fflush(NULL);
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *cmd)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		umask(0022);
-		execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, (char *) NULL);
-		fprintf(stderr, _("call to execl failed (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
+		execv(path, argv);
+		fprintf(stderr, _("call to execv failed (%s)\n"), strerror(errno));
 		exit(1);
 	} else {
 		/* this code runs for the parent only (wait on the child) */
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ int _alpm_ldconfig(const char *root)
 	if(access(line, F_OK) == 0) {
 		snprintf(line, PATH_MAX, "%ssbin/ldconfig", root);
 		if(access(line, X_OK) == 0) {
-			_alpm_run_chroot(root, "/sbin/ldconfig");
+			char *argv[] = { "ldconfig", NULL };
+			_alpm_run_chroot(root, "/sbin/ldconfig", argv);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index 8a3154a7..35c4d288 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int _alpm_unpack_single(const char *archive, const char *prefix, const char *fn)
 int _alpm_unpack(const char *archive, const char *prefix, alpm_list_t *list, int breakfirst);
 int _alpm_rmrf(const char *path);
 int _alpm_logaction(int usesyslog, FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *cmd);
+int _alpm_run_chroot(const char *root, const char *path, char *const argv[]);
 int _alpm_ldconfig(const char *root);
 int _alpm_str_cmp(const void *s1, const void *s2);
 char *_alpm_filecache_find(const char *filename);