Re: [patch] rename "grubof" to "grub"

[Marco Gerards <mgerards@xs4all.nl>]

Hollis Blanchard <hollis@penguinppc.org> writes:

> On Apr 21, 2006, at 4:15 AM, Marco Gerards wrote:
>
>> Hollis Blanchard <hollis@penguinppc.org> writes:
>>
>>> This patch renames "grubof", the executable name for PPC and Sparc, to
>>> "grub". I'm still not sure what the naming convention should be for
>>> the executable output by grub-mkimage; I'm thinking maybe
>>> "grub.ppc". It isn't an image ("grub.img"); it's still an ELF file...
>>
>> Personally I would prefer something like `_grub' so people see there
>> is something special about it and just don't use it like that.  After
>> that the output file can just be called grub if people want that.
>
> What about "grubkernel" and "grub"? Or "grub.raw" and "grub"? I'd like
> to try to stay within 8.3 naming for all files, since people will be
> deploying the end result on FAT filesystems.

_grub works on fat.  We use an underscore for the rescue mode
chainloader on the PC as well.  Personally I prefer something like
this or another obscure name that scares people. :-)

--
Marco