Re: The case for moving raw binaries

[Liliana Marie Prikler]

Am Freitag, dem 29.07.2022 um 17:20 -0400 schrieb Philip McGrath:
> Hi,
> 
> [...]
> I was mildly annoyed recently with several programs that use the
> ".foo-real" name in their `--help` output, for example:
> 
> ```
> $ guix shell --pure reuse -- reuse -h
> usage: .reuse-real [-h] [--debug] [--include-submodules]
> ```
> 
> I wondered about just changing `wrap-program` to put the real program
> at `.real/foo` instead of `.foo-real`. One advantage is that it
> wouldn't need any special cooperation like setting up an output or an
> environment variable.
Even as the one who made the suggestion that issue has an easier
workaround: Use exec -a to pass the 0th argument unchanged.

Cheers