Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > In any case, I agree - my proposal was that packages that use > non-multilibbed helper binaries should be free to put them in *one of* > $prefix/lib or $prefix/libexec, as long as they remain consistent. As a sys admin (and an OCD one at that), I'd prefer to keep "things that are run" separate from other stuff. Except when they are multi-lib, I think executables should be kept out of lib/ or lib64/; that's exactly what libexec/ is for. There used to be (not just talking about Linux) bunches of executables all over the place (/lib and /usr/lib, /etc, and so on), but they have moved to more appropriate places (such as sbin/ directories) over the years (except for /usr/lib/sendmail, which apparently will live forever, but at least it is just a symlink now). IMHO putting executables in lib/ or lib64/ is a regression to the past. Another package that has always seemed odd to me is mailman; why are all the commands (that are expected to be run from the command line, not just as internal helpers) in /usr/lib/mailman/bin? -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
