>right you are
how wrong i was!
i'm still not sure how i managed to think it worked locally
before submitting it.
i suspect now that i said mk import.c not mk import.install
but i haven't got CCTV tapes to check.

Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/import-exec-really
Date: Mon Jul 25 00:41:28 CES 2005

--- /sys/src/cmd/import.c	Mon Jul 25 00:38:58 2005
+++ /sys/src/cmd/import.c	Mon Jul 25 00:38:56 2005
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 	alarm(0);
 
 	if(backwards && argc > 1){
-		execv(argv[1], &argv[1]);
+		exec(argv[1], &argv[1]);
 		sysfatal("exec: %r");
 	}
 	exits(0);