Re: grep-2.5.1a egrep/fgrep PATH problem

[Paul Eggert]

Charles Levert <address@hidden> writes:

> How about something like
>
>    configure --with-wrapper-scripts
>
> ?
> Is there some precedent for such a configure
> option (and its name) in another GNU software?

Not as far as I know, no.

>>      (main): Do not let behavior depend on the name of the program;
>>      as required by the GNU coding standards.
>
> Why are you also removing the MS-DOS code to
> strip C: off of program_name?

Because the behavior no longer depends on the program name, so it's OK
to leave the program name as-is.  The usual tradition in GNU code
(e.g., coreutils) is a simple "program_name = argv[0];".