[Feature Request]: 'program-transform-name' equivalent
Kangie opened this issue · comments
Matt Jolly commented
Autotools provides the following options:
--program-prefix=prefix
Prepend prefix to installed program names.
--program-suffix=suffix
Append suffix to installed program names.
--program-transform-name=program
Run sed program on installed program names.
These enable administrators and/or packagers to rename binaries that would otherwise collide and are able to coexist on the same system, e.g.:
- Solaris prefixing GNU utilities with 'g':
gsed
,gtar
,ggrep
- Enabling multiple versions of fvwm{,2,3} to coexist
It would be helpful if a similar mechanism was provided in Meson, as this topic has come up as a 'must-have' feature during discussions of porting some autotools-based projects to use Meson.