The correct way to do this in Fedora and in the FHS is to : 1. install libraries (and binaries? see 3.) in /usr/lib(64) > Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under > the /usr hierarchy. 2. provide prefixed : â binaries or â symlinks to binaries in /usr/lib(64)/foo (see 3.) â in /usr/bin so binaries that are intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts are exposed properly > /usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries > that are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell > scripts. 3. eventually use alternatives to switch between prefixed implementations (as do java for example, not that I recommand this particular can of worms it's a packager PITA) ; this requires cooperation between all the alternative implementation packages If there is no wish to switch the whole system implementation then your binaries are not âÂintended to be executed directly by users or shell scriptÂâ and the few scripts that specifically require them can set a path pointing to /usr/lib(64)/foo So there is no need to panic, everything is provided for in the FHS, and no need to ask for an exception against âLarge software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy.â -- Nicolas Mailhot -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
