Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] btrfs-progs: build distinct binaries for specific btrfs subcommands

From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] btrfs-progs: build distinct binaries for specific btrfs subcommands
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 05:57:44 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan$687fd$ec9c9bfb$3382466c$134cec49@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: de48e007-451e-6094-c4c6-ee1662ff3836@tty0.ch

Axel Burri posted on Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:46:37 +0200 as excerpted:

> I think you got me wrong here: There will not be binaries with the same
> filename. I totally agree that this would be a bad thing, no matter if
> you have bin/sbin merged or not, you'll end up in either having a
> collision or (even worse) rely on the order in $PATH.
> 
> With this "separated" patchset, you can install a binary
> "btrfs-subvolume-show", which has the same functionality as "btrfs
> subvolume show" (note the whitespace/dash), ending up with:
> 
>     /sbin/btrfs
>     /usr/bin/btrfs-subvolume-show
>     /usr/bin/btrfs-subvolume-list

I did get you wrong (and had even understood the separately named 
binaries from an earlier post, too, but forgot).

Thanks. =:^)

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