main must set program_name

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+2007-01-08  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/error.texi: mention that main() fns must set program_name
+       when progname is used.
+
 2007-01-08  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * m4/wctype.m4 (gl_WCTYPE_H): Compute ABSOLUTE_WCTYPE_H even if

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@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ GPL.  RMS does not want additional baggage accompanying the
 @code{error} module, so an LGPL user must provide their own
 replacement @code{program_name}, and a GPL user should manually 
 specify using the @code{progname} module.
+
+Additionally, using the @code{progname} module is not something that
+can be done implicitly. It requires that every @code{main()} function
+be modified to set @code{program_name} as one of its first actions.