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Re: use of -fno-common on Darwin
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: use of -fno-common on Darwin |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:08:15 +0100 |
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> "Peter O'Gorman" <address@hidden> writes:
> > getprogname(3), if it exists, can be used as well as other
> > alternatives (e.g. argv[0]).
>
> Thanks, I wasn't aware of the BSD getprogname until now.
Me too.
> How about this proposal?
>
> * Change the progname module to use the BSD getprogname naming
> convention. No sense reinventing the wheel. That way, programs can
> simply use the system-defined functions on BSD.
>
> * Rewrite the other gnulib code to use the new convention.
>
> * Ask gnulib users to switch to the new convention.
Yes, that's the most sensible thing to do. If there are no objections,
I will change the 'progname' module accordingly.
Bruno