On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 01:54:57AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:56:36PM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > Yuck! I really don't see why we should be granting this type of exceptions. > > libexec and share exist for a reason. Helper binaries need to be in libexec, > > unit files in share, I think allowing systemd to dump everything (and in > > particular 64-bit stuff) to lib is setting a horrible precedent. > > Unit files need to be in /, so moving them would either require creating > a /share for distributions that haven't merged /usr or putting up with > inconsistent naming between distributions. Consistency is a virtue and > the chances of getting anyone else to accept /share are minimal, so /lib > it is. Meanwhile, libexec's not part of any non-draft version of the FHS > and doesn't exist on most other distributions, and the path of the > helper binaries has ended up in a bunch of unit files. So, similar > problems. > > What benefit do you see in modifying systemd? Can someone summarise the trac ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/158 and the above reply, because none of it seems to make much sense to me. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones New in Fedora 11: Fedora Windows cross-compiler. Compile Windows programs, test, and build Windows installers. Over 70 libraries supprt'd http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MinGW http://www.annexia.org/fedora_mingw -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
