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Re: [PATCH 0/4] New getprogname module


From: Pino Toscano
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] New getprogname module
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:27:43 +0200
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On Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:14:34 CEST Jim Meyering wrote:
> 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

There's also more discussion about that prior of my patch sending,
always in the same month.

> 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.

Sure, just done.

Thanks,
-- 
Pino Toscano

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