Re: Is systemd-cryptsetup binary internal?

[Lennart Poettering <lennart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mo, 18.09.23 17:47, Nils Kattenbeck (nilskemail@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> /usr/lib/systemd/ is indeed the place for internal binaries with
> > unstable interfaces. But it's also the place where we put binaries
> > that we don't typically expect users to call, because they are
> > generally called via some well define .service unit or so only.
> >
> > systemd-cryptsetup is one of the latter, we'd expect people to use
> > this via crypttab mostly. However, the interface is nonetheless
> > stable, it is a long-time part of systemd and so far we never broke
> > interface and I see no reason we ever would. In fact it might be a
> > candidate to move over to /usr/bin to make official, if there's
> > sufficient request for that. (such a request should be made via github
> > issue tracker)
> >
>
> Why was the decision taken to put these into /usr/lib/systemd instead of
> /usr/libexec/systemd/?

That's a Fedoraism. Why would one put something there?

/usr/lib/ is where private arch-dependent package stuff goes. What's
the rationale for /usr/libexec/ though?

Lennart

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