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Re: addr2line and the name of the executable


Mohan Embar writes:
 > Hi Ranjit and Andrew,
 > 
 > I'm getting the feeling that we're trying to converge, but not quite
 > succeeding.
 > 
 > Neither of you haven't addressed the point I made in this post:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2003-02/msg00507.html
 > 
 > ...namely: if we change gnu.gcj.progname to unconditionally return argv[0],
 > then this is inconsistent with today's behavior on, say, i?86 Linux

Good.

 > where gnu.gcj.progname returns /proc/XXX/exe. For the record:
 > are you both saying that you want this to be changed?

I am.

 > My original intention was to only affect the mingw32 target and
 > leave all other platforms untouched. I am too new to this to be
 > able to assess the consequences of people relying on
 > gnu.gcj.progname = /proc/XXX/exe and therefore chose to tread
 > lightly with my patch.

Don't worry about it.  At the moment gnu.gcj.progname does the wrong
thing.  IMO...

Andrew.


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