From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HH0Xv-0000LQ-92 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:23 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HH0Xt-0000LH-FJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:21 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HH0Xr-0000L5-VT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HH0Xr-0000L2-NJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HH0Xr-0007Nk-BU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:19 -0500 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1DGUGN2025323; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:16 -0500 Received: from pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com (pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com [172.16.2.10]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1DGU9IQ031126; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:10 -0500 Received: from [10.34.32.50] (pluto.brq.redhat.com [10.34.32.50]) by pobox.stuttgart.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l1DGU9Y8024039; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:30:09 +0100 From: Lubomir Kundrak To: Hollis Blanchard In-Reply-To: <1171328483.518.49.camel@basalt> References: <9f50a7a00702112220u37d4a65bv24046be6e513ec76@mail.gmail.com> <1171328483.518.49.camel@basalt> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Red Hat Inc. Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:30:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1171384208.17109.20.camel@pluto.brq.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Cc: The development of GRUB 2 , okuji@enbug.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [UPDATE 2] More enhanced GNU GRUB program name transformations X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:30:22 -0000 Hi Hollis, On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 19:01 -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 00:20 -0600, Jerone Young wrote: > > > > This patch is derived from the patch sent earlier by Lubomir Kundrak. > > What this patch adds is for library directories and directories in > > /boot to be changed as well. So the user can easily launch > > > > ./configure --program-transform-name="s/grub/grub2/" > > This seems a little over-engineered to me. Why not just rename all the > grub2 stuff to be "grub2-*" to begin with? Do you think it is a good practice to rename the program names by default? In my opinion is not the good place to tell what version of the program the binary belongs to. This technique is commonly used to separate versions of software when more than one version it is in use -- temporarily, till it gets wider acceptance. That's why I think it is good that it is configurable. Additionally we merely use autoconf's feature, not add or invent new stuff, so it hardly can be called over-engineering. > -Hollis Regards, -- Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)