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Subject: Re: Installing executables with generic names
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On 14 Feb 2012 18:54, "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> wrote:
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> On 14.02.2012 13:17, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
>>
>> The other idea of prefixing them is_much_  better.
>
>
> Ok, so which flavor of prefixing do you prefer? Should the executable
"bar" be installed as bin/foo-bar or as bin/foo/bar?

bin/foo-bar means it can still be called without an explicit path, so that
is better.

Look for autoconf hooks to add prefices this way (if it uses configure...)

Chris