[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#650343: [PATCH/WIP] build: install nodejs synonym for node command

[Jonathan Nieder]

Gah, even a little talking on debian-devel@ is so tiring. :)  I really
dislike rule by the loudest.

It reminded me to send this patch so it doesn't get forgotten, so I
guess it's not a complete loss.

Patch is against Joyent's "master" branch (0.7.y).  Looks like
upstream dropped --shared-cares and never added --shared-libev or
--shared-libeio, and the build system was revamped so the patch adding
mips support will need tweaking.  So there's a little more work to do
before this is ready for experimental.

-- >8 --
On some machines the "node" command refers to some program that is not
Node.js.

This patch adds a "nodejs" symlink that does exactly the same thing as
/usr/bin/node, for use when one wants to refer unambiguously to the
Node.js interpreter.
---
 Makefile           |    1 +
 doc/node.1         |    5 ++++-
 doc/nodejs.1       |    1 +
 tools/installer.js |    4 +++-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 120000 doc/nodejs.1

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94b7eb9e..3288ca59 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ $(TARBALL): node out/doc
 	git archive --format=tar --prefix=$(TARNAME)/ HEAD | tar xf -
 	mkdir -p $(TARNAME)/doc
 	cp doc/node.1 $(TARNAME)/doc/node.1
+	ln -s node.1 $(TARNAME)/doc/nodejs.1
 	cp -r out/doc/api $(TARNAME)/doc/api
 	rm -rf $(TARNAME)/deps/v8/test # too big
 	rm -rf $(TARNAME)/doc/images # too big
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index f17ccdae..f582bed5 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 .SH "NAME"
-node \- Server-side JavaScript
+node, nodejs \- Server-side JavaScript
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ node \- Server-side JavaScript
 
 Execute without arguments to start the REPL.
 
+.B nodejs
+is equivalent to
+.BR node .
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 
diff --git a/doc/nodejs.1 b/doc/nodejs.1
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..93cddbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/nodejs.1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/installer.js b/tools/installer.js
index 96c992ed..369c68a6 100644
--- a/tools/installer.js
+++ b/tools/installer.js
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ if (cmd === 'install') {
 
   // Copy binary file
   copy('out/Release/node', 'bin/node');
+  queue.push('ln -sf node ' +
+             path.join(dest_dir, node_prefix, 'bin/nodejs'));
 
   // Install node-waf
   if (variables.node_install_waf) {
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ if (cmd === 'install') {
   }
 } else {
   remove([
-     'bin/node', 'bin/npm', 'bin/node-waf',
+     'bin/node', 'bin/nodejs', 'bin/npm', 'bin/node-waf',
      'include/node/*', 'lib/node_modules', 'lib/node'
   ]);
 }
-- 
1.7.10