[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 dcf):

 Replying to [comment:4 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.)

 Or just always switch on argv[1], and ignore argv[0]. For example,
 {{{
 ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec TorBrowser\Tor\PluggableTransports\multi
 obfs4proxy
 }}}
 and do the same thing on all platforms:
 {{{
 ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec
 ./TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/multi obfs4proxy
 }}}

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