Re: Missing program_name on Darwin

[Paul Eggert]

On 05/31/2016 05:56 AM, Daniel Peebles wrote:
> What would it take to get a patch merged into gnulib for this issue?

The last time I looked at it, it didn't appear that it would work on 
platforms other than OS X and glibc, and it wasn't clear that it would 
work even on glibc when some other modules were used. Plus, the effect 
on the program_name variable (whatever it is) would need to be 
documented in the .texi files, e.g., what is the relationship between 
program_name and program_invocation_name on OS X. I'm attaching a list 
of places that should be looked at, in 'grep' format.

I do think the patch should go in, it's just that it needs to be done 
without hurting other platforms and so that it's documented.

program_name.txt
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