Re: Proper location to install shell function libraries?

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On 03/01/2017 05:13 PM, Nick Bowler wrote:

The definition of these install variables comes from the GNU Coding
Standards[1].  You mention the installed scripts are machine-dependent
so they should be installed in either libdir or libexecdir.  GCS says:

  "libexecdir: The directory for installing executable programs to be
               run by other programs rather than by users  ..."
>
  "libdir:     The directory for object files and libraries of object
               code ..."

Which doesn't really help us decide where to install non-executable
machine-dependent shell fragments.

Note the term "executable programs" in the section on "libexecdir", you cited above. Shell fragment usually aren't "executable".

Based on this information alone,
libexecdir seems like a reasonable choice.  However, looking at what
packages installed on my computer do, libdir seems to be much more
commonly used.
This observation has its reasons (at least under Linux).

- Many distros do not support or did not support libexecdir and favor $libdir/<package>.
- Many packages do not use libexecdir.
- Putting everything into $libdir/<package> is easier to use.

Ralf


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