[RFC] less patches: control the PATH

Guido Falsi mad at madpilot.net
Fri Oct 6 13:24:16 UTC 2017


On 10/06/2017 15:11, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here is a patch to add a new feature I am willing to get for a while:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12603

> A user can control which binary will be found in the PATH of the build sequences
> easily by adding
> BINARY_RENAME=	source target

> PS2: the BINARY_RENAME variable name sucks, any better name is welcome :)
> 

Suggestions from the top of my head:

BINARY_ALIAS

PROGRAM_ALIAS

EXECUTABLE_ALIAS

COMMAND_ALIAS

(Yes I think "alias" expresses the concept better)

-- 
Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>


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