apparently fixed in 14.04 LTS
** Changed in: gdb (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173562
Title:
gdb resolves symbolic links for
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gdb (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
gdb
Bug report from upstream shows the issue has just been fixed:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15415
** Bug watch added: Sourceware.org Bugzilla #15415
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15415
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Here is an example for a program relying on its argv[0] name:
/usr/bin/latex is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/pdftex, and pdftex loads a
format depending on the name under which it has been called. As a
result,
latex '\stop'
will load the latex.fmt format and finish processing while the same will
