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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] ioemu: portability fixes for qemu-ifup

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] ioemu: portability fixes for qemu-ifup
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:36:43 +0100
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Christoph Egger writes ("[PATCH] ioemu: portability fixes for qemu-ifup"):
> Attached patch applies portability fixes to ioemu's qemu-ifup script:
> - rename qemu-ifup to qemu-ifup-Linux
> - add qemu-ifup-NetBSD for NetBSD
> - add qemu-ifup which calls one of above.

This is quite ugly.  Why would we install both of them on the same
computer and then switch at runtime ?  Surely the build system should
pick the right one and install just that under the conventional name ?

Ian.

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