[tbb-bugs] #13770 [Tor Browser]: BusyBox-style bundling of Go programs can save space

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#13770: BusyBox-style bundling of Go programs can save space
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     Reporter:  dcf          |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Hey, that's really neat.

 Replying to [comment:2 dcf]:
 > On linux and mac, we can use symbolic links to the executable. I don't
 know what is done on Windows. Maybe batch files, or stub programs that
 change argv[0] and then exec?

 NTFS kind of sort of has symlinks but assuming that the target filesystem
 is NTFS instead of FAT32/exFAT will end in tears.

 How about adding code to the begining of `main()` that:
  * Looks at `os.Args[1]` for `--progname=<name>` (Do this manually, and
 not with the flag package.)
    * If present (and `name` in `progName`), do something like:
      {{{
      // Rewrite argv[0], and strip out progname from the arguments, so
 that using the
      // 'flag' package doesn't break.
      newArgs := make([]string, 0, 1 + len(os.Args) - 2)
      newArgs = append(newArgs, progName)
      if len(os.Args) > 2 {
        newArgs = append(newArgs, os.Args[2:]...)
      }
      os.Args = newArgs
      }}}

 Edit the Windows torrc as appropriate.  It's a bit kludgey, but it
 probably beats batchfiles and stub executables, and it's relatively
 robust, and having that there is relatively harmless across all platforms
 (assuming that missing argument is treated as a non-fatal error).

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