Re: [PATCH 0/4] New getprogname module

[Jim Meyering]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:27 AM, Pino Toscano <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.

Thank you.
I will make an effort to review it in the next week.