Re: sysutils/u-boot-tools package

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 07:32:42AM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
>> I envision these programs, or at least mkimage, to be used by scripts
>> that build boot blocks for some embedded systems; it would be nice if
>> all the tools existed within base or pkgsrc so everything can be done
>> on a NetBSD system.  Thus, putting them in a u-boot directory might not
>> be so bad; I?m not sure where though (libexec?).  Where would the man
>> pages go; they have the same issues of potential conflict.
>
> I find both solutions offered fine, either
>
>  - rename them on installation to $PREFIX/bin/ with "u-boot-" prefix
>    (like NetBSD does with "nb" in $TOOLDIR/bin)
>  - put them somewhere semi-hidden, like $PREFIX/lib/u-boot/tools
>    and leave the names alone

Also:

  file bug upstream that the names are generic and likely to conflict
  and thus that they should be prefixed with "u-boot-" and see what kind
  of reception you get.

I would lean to u-boot- prefix.