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[PATCH] getprogname: port to OpenBSD 5.1

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: "bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org List" <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>, bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] getprogname: port to OpenBSD 5.1
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:14:35 -0700

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On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> FYI: grep (due to its use of the new getprogname module) would fail to
> configure on OpenBSD 5.1. I'll soon push this to gnulib and then
> update grep's gnulib submodule to latest to pull it in.

Glad I tested on Fedora 25-to-be. The above caused
program_invocation_short_name to always be the empty string. I fixed
it by declaring __progname only in the narrow/later case in which it
is required:

[gnulib-getprogname-do-not-break-fedora-25.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

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