[MPlayer-dev-eng] Customizing binary names via configure

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 05:21:59PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 02:05:48PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> >
> >>Perhaps the simplest approach would be to just provide a means of
> >>specifying the entire binary name directly ("--mplayer-name" and
> >>"--mencoder-name"), overriding the hardcoded _prg and _prg_mencoder
> >>entirely; that provides the most configure-time power for the
> >>least coding effort and the least added complexity. However, for
> >>various reasons which were clearer in my mind the last time I
> >>thought about this than they are now, I'm not sure there aren't
> >>problems with doing it that way.
> >
> >I'm not sure this is a good thing to begin with, but this one sounds
> >like the sanest approach to me.
> 
> Well, it doesn't necessarily have to be done; still, I'd be interested
> in hearing what problems you have with it, other than the ones I
> referred to briefly in the last paragraph of the initial post.

I cannot really put my finger to it, it's just a gut feeling that this
might create problems.

> (In any case, there is still the problem of 'gmplayer', since I haven't
> been able to work out where that name is set; if it's generated by
> prepending 'g' to _prg, then things should still work reasonably well -
> albeit with a few hiccups for some names people might specify - but if
> it's hardcoded, then that would have to be taken into account as well.)

It's hardcoded in mplayer.c.

Diego