[netperf-talk] naming and/or locations

[Erik Wenzel]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 09:10:31AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
[...]  
> >I think it isn't needed to append a 2 or 4 to the binary. Because, you
> >should leave that decision to the administrator. He decides which
> >package to install and use. So, what is the benefit of installing both
> >v2 and v4 of netperf at the same time?
> 
> Netperf v2 is rather simpler and for just plain pt-pt performance 
> measurements may make more sense than netperf4, which has all the 
> overheads associated with multiple, synchronized connections.
> 
> What would be the "GNU/autoconf/whatever" way of dealing with multiple 
> revisions of a package on the same system?
I suggest to use an option like "-2" to activate old netperf behaviour.

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