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zmughal committed Feb 25, 2024
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+ what if different packages provide a conflicting command name?
+ example: GNU Parallel and moreutils both provide a `parallel`. In
Debian, this is fixed by renaming one to `parallel.moreutils`.
* Need to model environment variables:
+ Each language has different ways of access environment variables:
+ C: `getenv(3)`;
+ Perl: `%ENV`, `Env.pm`;
+ Python: `os.environ[]`, `os.getenv()`.
+ Documentation usually has an `ENVIRONMENT` section.
* Need to model build options:
+ `autoconf` can be parsed.
- Some projects need external data
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