Re: Changing the name of the PACKAGE at configure time

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

jl> Well, at my site we have gcc-2.8.1 _and_ gcc-2.95.2, emacs-19.34
jl> _and_ emacs-20.2, etc.

Paul> Yes, but if you ever try to install them you'll see they install
Paul> as "emacs" and "gcc" by default.

It's been a long time since I have not installed any of them. If I
remember correctly, emacs is installed with version number and a link
to the name "emacs" is provided.

Paul> I'm with Jean-Marc, though, I wish that automake would add a new
Paul> standard install target that installed binaries as
Paul> "name-VERSION" instead of just "name" (for example). Of course,
Paul> this may not always work for all packages, but...

Yes, this would be a good idea. It could even be optional (for package
where that would not make sense).

JMarc