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27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 34180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, dancol <at> dancol.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: bug#34180: 27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:05:49 +0300

> Cc: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>, 34180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:10:56 -0700
> 
> For ordinary Emacs installation, I've long thought that a better 
> approach is to store the default .pdmp file as a readonly char array 
> within the Emacs executable itself. This would be easier for installers, 
> sysadmins and users, as it would entail no funny rules about installing 
> two files, keeping them in sync, symlinks, PATH, argv[0], relative 
> names, security, etc.
> 
> Perhaps native compilation effectively does this for us already?

No, it doesn't, not if I understand what you mean.

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