From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15665 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2011 17:25:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 15653 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Dec 2011 17:25:34 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_DB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:25:17 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBLHPGUS003030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:25:16 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBLHPFCg007511; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:25:16 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBLHPENl016876; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:25:14 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Sergio Durigan , Kai Tietz Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Make gdbtui a shell script References: <20111221114641.GB25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:26:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20111221114641.GB25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> (Jan Kratochvil's message of "Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:46:41 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00736.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil writes: Jan> Fedora has been using gdb<->gdbtui hardlink but according to Tom Jan> argv[0] should not be used. GNU Coding Standards IMO do not say Jan> exactly this thing. >From '(standards) User Interfaces': Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used to invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with a different name, and that should not change what it does. Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to select among the alternate behaviors. Tom