From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Fayy8-0007KZ-LW for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 13:47:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fayy6-0007KM-FX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 13:47:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fayy3-0007JF-Qj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 13:47:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fayy3-0007JB-Le for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 13:47:23 -0400 Received: from [194.109.24.23] (helo=smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FayyF-0003Z1-UR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 13:47:36 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k42HlL7i017269 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 19:47:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <87bquvmgrm.fsf@xs4all.nl> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 19:49:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Hollis Blanchard's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:37:14 -0500") Message-ID: <87irooqpuo.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: [patch] rename "grubof" to "grub" 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, 02 May 2006 17:47:27 -0000 Hollis Blanchard writes: > On Apr 21, 2006, at 4:15 AM, Marco Gerards wrote: > >> Hollis Blanchard 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