Re: debmake contains namespace pollution and bugs procedure
On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> As a compromise, how about installing these programs in their own
> subdirectory, such as /usr/bin/debmk? That way they would not
> conflict with someone else's programs, and a user could decide which
> he wanted by adjusting his PATH. They could also appear in /usr/bin
> with a prefix. (One entry would be a symlink.)
>
> `debmk-' is rather too long for convenience. I suggest these
> alternatives: dmk- D d
That works. But if we rename them to debmk-build, etc, and
put them in /usr/bin, the user could just make an
alias if he wanted to run them as build, or whatever.
Will
harpo@udel.edu
lowe@cis.udel.edu
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/
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