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Re: The "node" command in Debian



On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 at 04:46:57 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Problem: scripts may use the 'node' name to refer to either of these
> programs.  Which should get the name?  You decide, based not on
> popularity or priority but --- well, based on whatever makes sense.

Perhaps rename both, also provide symlinks
/usr/share/nodejs/node -> /usr/bin/nodejs and
/usr/share/ax25node/node -> /usr/sbin/ax25node, and users who(se local
scripts) expect to just run 'node' can add either /usr/share/nodejs or
/usr/share/ax25node to their $PATH?

See also nmh, which adds a large number of generically-named binaries
(post, show, send, pick, mark, etc.) to a directory that's not in the
default $PATH, so its users can add that directory to their $PATH.

    S


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