Bug#701161: freefem++: /usr/bin/FreeFem++ and /usr/bin/FreeFem++nw are the same files

[Helmut Grohne]

Control: reopen -1

Hi Dimitris,

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 04:16:04PM +0200, Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote:
> I think that the two executables work differently on FreeFem++ source code 
> (.edp files).
> 
> FreeFem++ opens windows of plots while FreeFem++-nw doesn't and is targeted 
> for batch jobs. 

That may be correct but is totally unrelated to my request. Those files
are bitwise identical. Presumably the difference in behaviour stems from
them looking at their program name like other programs[1] do. So turning
them into hard links still makes sense.

Helmut

[1] Have a look at /bin/bzip2 and /bin/bunzip2. They are hardlinks but
    perform different jobs.