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Program prefix shouldn't be applied to autopoint


From: Joel Reicher
Subject: Program prefix shouldn't be applied to autopoint
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:01:41 +1000

Subject says it all, really. Things like autoreconf expect to find
"autopoint", and yet prefixing programs with a `g' is a good idea
on many systems, as the README says.

Maybe there are other programs that shouldn't get the prefix.

An automatic exception probably isn't a good idea though. with-program-prefix
wouldn't be working as advertised if that was done. Perhaps a note in
the README recommending that what might now be "gautopoint" should be
renamed or linked to "autopoint"?

Cheers,

        - Joel




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