* On Thursday 2005-06-23 at 17:04:29 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > Charles Levert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That is, we should use binaries by default.
Ok. I'm all for this. I will break those distribution packages that use symlinks, but that's the very idea. > We can improve on > this later if need be (e.g., by adding an installation-time option to > do non-conforming installations), How about something like configure --with-wrapper-scripts ? Is there some precedent for such a configure option (and its name) in another GNU software? > (main): Do not let behavior depend on the name of the program; > as required by the GNU coding standards. Why are you also removing the MS-DOS code to strip C: off of program_name?
