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

[Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos]

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Hello Helmut,

Στις Σαβ 23 Φεβ 2013 16:22:29 Helmut Grohne γράψατε:
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> 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.

You are probably right.

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

I may be wrong but bzip2 and bunzip2 seem to be distinct executables. They add 
up to 60,9kB while each one is 30,5kB.

Thanks
Dimitris