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Re: [PATCH 0/4] New getprogname module


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] New getprogname module
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:14:34 -0700

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Pino Toscano <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 14:15:18 CEST Pino Toscano wrote:
>> as discussed in [1], this series adds a new getprogname module.
>> All it does is providing a getprogname function, much like what is
>> found on e.g. *BSD systems, and using it in gnulib instead of progname.
>> Also, using it explicitly by modules avoids gnulib users the need of
>> either use the progname module (GPL), or to provide program_name (and
>> call set_program_name manually, which is not always doable).
>>
>> Caveat: the progname is left as it is, so set_program_name will still
>> affect program_name but not what error will use.
>>
>> (Please note it's my first big patch to gnulib, so bear with me for
>> anything wrong/missing.)
>>
>> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-03/msg00048.html

To anyone else wondering, here is a link to the patches:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-03/msg00081.html

Sorry about the delay.
Pino, would you please rebase and repost the series? That way, anyone
who attempts to apply it is much less likely to have to deal with
conflicts.



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