executable + library with equal name: How to install + rename

[MartinSchwarzbauer]

Hi *!

In our project we often have the following situation:

We provide a library and an executable with the same name (libservice + service)
library('service'...) and executable('service',...)

1.) The IDEs are not able to differ between them (there is only 'service) => so we can't build it seperated
2.) I can't DEBUG the EXE - because IDE does not support this

So I am looking for a way like this:

service = executable(
    'service.exe',
    install: not(meson.is_subproject()),
    install_dir: '/usr/sbin',
    install_mode: ['rwxr-xr-x', 0, 0]
)

When I change the name of the exe (e.g. add .exe so i can see this is the executable) I get troubles on install because the executable has to be named 'service' and not 'service.exe' on the target.

So I am looking for a feature like this (like it's available for install_data):

service = executable(
    'service.exe',
    install: not(meson.is_subproject()),
    install_dir: '/usr/sbin',
    install_mode: ['rwxr-xr-x', 0, 0],
    **rename: 'service'**  <==== This would solve all of my troubles ;)
)

Thank you,
Martin