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Re: getprogname: comments and test failure on Cygwin


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: getprogname: comments and test failure on Cygwin
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 07:56:37 -0700

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 16/10/16 12:55, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The 'getprogname' module test fails on Cygwin 2.6, because the returned
>> value is "test-getprogname", not "test-getprogname.exe". (On mingw, on the
>> other hand, it really is "test-getprogname.exe".)
>>
>> Also, while at it, I'd like to add comments:
>> 1. The declaration in getprogname.h does not state what the function does
>>    or return.
>> 2. In getprogname.c it is hard to understand which code is used for which
>>    platform.
>> 3. In test-getprogname.c there is no explanation why the file name is 
>> compared
>>    with strcmp and not strcasecmp.
>
> All improvements look good to me.

Likewise.
Thank you!



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