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bug#34180: 27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#34180: 27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:04:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Wouldn't it be better to have a method of finding the absolute file
>> name of the executable from which the process was started, regardless
>> of what argv[0] says? The way to do that is system-dependent (on
>> GNU/Linux, I believe you need to readlink ("/proc/self/exe") or
>> somesuch, for example), but AFAIK this can be done on all platforms we
>> support.
>
> It looks like find_executable from progreloc in gnulib provides a
> portable interface for this? I've added Paul to the CCs.
(Wrong address for Paul; resending to fix that.)
bug#34180: 27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/11