bug-gnulib
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

module 'relocatable' renamed to 'relocatable-prog'


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: module 'relocatable' renamed to 'relocatable-prog'
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:38:43 +0100
User-agent: KMail/1.5.4

Since this module is by far the most complex (compared to 'relocatable-lib'
and 'relocatable-script'), and since users may have packages that install
libraries or scripts, but no programs, there is no point in a naming
convention that suggests that 'relocatable' is the most basic among the
three modules. I am therefore renaming it:

2007-03-03  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * modules/relocatable-prog: Renamed from modules/relocatable.
        * doc/relocatable-maint.texi: Talk about module 'relocatable-prog'.

--- doc/relocatable-maint.texi  2 Mar 2007 01:53:11 -0000       1.2
+++ doc/relocatable-maint.texi  3 Mar 2007 20:35:19 -0000
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@
 possible to do the same thing with a hard link @emph{only} if the hard
 link file is in the same directory as the real program.
 
-The @code{relocatable} module aims to ease the process of making a GNU
-program relocatable.  It helps overcome two obstacles.  First, it aids
+The @code{relocatable-prog} module aims to ease the process of making a
+GNU program relocatable.  It helps overcome two obstacles.  First, it aids
 with relocating the hard-coded references to absolute file names that
 GNU programs often contain.  These references must be fixed up at
 runtime if a program is to be successfully relocated.  The
address@hidden module provides a function @code{relocate} that
address@hidden module provides a function @code{relocate} that
 does this job.
 
 Second, the loader must be able to find shared libraries linked to
 relocatable executables or referenced by other shared libraries linked
-to relocatable executables.  The @code{relocatable} module helps out
+to relocatable executables.  The @code{relocatable-prog} module helps out
 here in a platform-specific way:
 
 @itemize
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 @enumerate
 @item
-Import the @code{relocatable} module.
+Import the @code{relocatable-prog} module.
 
 @item
 In every program, add to @code{main} as the first statement (even





reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]