Ticket #4242: mc-view-on-no-exec-fs.patch

mc-4.8.26/src/usermenu.c

@@ -546 +546 @@
 
     if (run_view)
     {
-        mcview_viewer (vfs_path_as_str (file_name_vpath), NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+        /* execute the command indirectly to allow execution even
+         * on no-exec filesystems. */
+        char *cmd;
+
+        cmd = g_strconcat ("/bin/sh ", vfs_path_as_str (file_name_vpath), (char *) NULL);
+
+        mcview_viewer (cmd, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
         dialog_switch_process_pending ();
     }
     else