From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12123: Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:48:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83txnkeumm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1B611D1D-B0AB-4E06-A8C4-EF89E5093154@mit.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365278738 30990 80.91.229.3 (6 Apr 2013 20:05:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12123@debbugs.gnu.org To: chad , Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 06 22:05:33 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UOZJS-0001Uu-SF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:02:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51601 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOAnX-0003xc-Ml for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:51:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38995) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOAmq-0002p1-C2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:50:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOAmk-0000PD-E6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:50:52 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOAmk-0000P5-5l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:50:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOApt-0005Xi-UE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:54:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12123 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12123-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12123.136518440721252 (code B ref 12123); Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12123) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2013 17:53:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35866 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOApL-0005Wi-4p for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:53:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:51288) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UOApH-0005WW-1K for 12123@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:53:25 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MKS00E00MSSJ600@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12123@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MKS00E95MSUAL50@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <1B611D1D-B0AB-4E06-A8C4-EF89E5093154@mit.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:73217 Archived-At: > From: chad > Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:27:21 -0700 > > Web searching suggests approaches for several specific platforms > (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, macosx, and Windows) that might be > useful: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1023306/finding-current-executables-path-without-proc-self-exe The Windows method mentioned there is exactly what Emacs already uses on Windows. Anyway, I see that gnulib has a progreloc module whose purpose is to make program relocatable. Perhaps Paul (CC'ed) could import it and use it in callproc.c to do what Stefan suggested.