Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:10:26 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:28:59 -0500
> 
> > Yes (I assume you meant /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/stubify.exe).  But I wonder 
> > whether we should add to this list SELFDIR/stubify.exe, where SELFDIR is 
> > the directory part of ld.exe's argv[0]?
> 
> As has already been noted, the stub is read in from a djgpp-specific routine 
> inside bfd where argv[0] is not accessible.

Tim suggested to look at __crt0_argv, which is a global variable.

> Making all these adjustments isn't trivial so I think for now it will be 
> better to add $DJDIR/bin/stubify.exe to the stub search list and then 
> plot an overhaul after 2.11 is released.

I agree; as long as we don't toss djgpp.djl, there's no urgency to
make these changes.