[Libguestfs] [PATCH] gnulib: Define argv[0] as program_name for error.c on Darwin

[Pino Toscano]

On Thursday 12 February 2015 18:58:17 Margaret Lewicka wrote:
> On 12 February 2015 at 18:50, Pino Toscano <ptoscano at redhat.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > We import gnulib as git submodule from the upstream gnulib.git, so
> > this should be sent to its mailing list; see also
> >   https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
> >
> > (Personally, I'm not sure that the above patch would help, but I'll
> > leave the review to gnulib people on the right ml.)
> 
> This was requested by Richard in <20150211220126.GV11603 at redhat.com>;
> the hack^Wsolution is his, I am merely providing the patch.
> 
> (Would not send it myself because a) I believe libguestfs's
> executables should properly define the variable, rather than trying to
> circumvent the requirement, b) I don't have the knowledge to verify
> the solution past "it compiles and runs".)

In any case, we cannot accept this patch, since it patches a file
coming from an external repository.  We just integrate gnulib in our
workflow, using the modules of it which are needed for us (either
to support quirks on different OSes, or to get some extra features).

-- 
Pino Toscano