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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Rename qemu into qemu-system-i386 and
	install a compat symlink
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On 4/18/09, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
> For historical reasons, qemu system on i386 is called qemu instead of
>  qemu-system-i386. This seems to confuse users.
>
>  This patch installs it as qemu-system-i386, and create a compatibility
>  symlink qemu -> qemu-system-i386 as some tools may call it that way.
>  We can change or remove this symlink after a few releases when all the
>  tools have migrated to this new name.

Reasonable change to me too.

>  Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
>  ---
>   Makefile.target |    7 +++----
>   1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>  diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
>  index dae339b..88c7a32 100644
>  --- a/Makefile.target
>  +++ b/Makefile.target
>  @@ -63,12 +63,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
>   QEMU_PROG=qemu-$(TARGET_ARCH2)
>   else
>   # system emulator name
>  -ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), i386)
>  -QEMU_PROG=qemu$(EXESUF)
>  -else
>   QEMU_PROG=qemu-system-$(TARGET_ARCH2)$(EXESUF)
>   endif
>  -endif
>
>   PROGS=$(QEMU_PROG)
>
>  @@ -743,6 +739,9 @@ install: all
>   ifneq ($(PROGS),)
>         $(INSTALL) -m 755 $(STRIP_OPT) $(PROGS) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
>   endif
>  +ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), i386)
>  +       ln -sf qemu-system-i386$(EXESUF) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qemu$(EXESUF)"

IIRC '-f' (force) provided by some lns was actually very weak, so
you'd have to use rm first.