On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 23:58 +0100, Daniel Mierswa wrote: > Hey list, I was wondering where to put binaries for the new > wireless-stack based tools. Most default installations put libnl, crypto > and gcrypt into /usr. Applications like iw, wpa_supplicant and crda need > those to run, yet they do not link statically. So if the default > location for the new binaries is /sbin or /bin and the libraries it > links against are default installed somewhere into /usr things will > break. I wonder now what to do for consistency. Either statically link > libraries that are default installed into /usr, put those libs into /lib > or install the binaries into /usr aswell. I'd appreciate any comments on > that. :) Thanks and have a nice weekend. Stuff in /bin or /sbin can certainly link to stuff in /usr without breaking. The only time it breaks is when you're using network mounted /usr and you need the wireless stack to boot the machine and mount /usr. But then you have to ask yourself, why are you using a network mounted /usr over wifi? That seems odd. Somebody turns on a microwave or starts to use a cordless phone and you're hosed. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
