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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Tidy up installation paths

To: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Tidy up installation paths
From: Josh Triplett <josh.trip@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:46:41 -0700
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ian Pratt wrote:
>>The purpose of the cleanup is to avoid cluttering $PATH with 
>>things that are executable in another way.  Since xentop is 
>>executable via xm top, this redundancy seemed unnecessary.
>>
>>It's up to Ian or Christian.  I can go either way.
> 
> I'd prefer 'xm top', but we do need to implement Josh's suggested
> fixups.

One other issue as well, by the way: with xentop as a separate command,
it can be documented through the use of a manpage (currently installed
into /usr/share/man/man1/xentop.1).  However, with xentop only
executable via xm, it is not possible to "man xm top".

- Josh Triplett

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