Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas Rottmann wrote: >>>However - some of these apps are useful in their own right (such as a >>>data viewer or conversion tool). Is it ok to place a symlink from >>>/usr/bin to /usr/share/libfoo-apps/bin so that users can invoke these >>>apps directly? >> I'd go for just putting them into /usr/bin (watch out for namespace >> collisions/pollution, though) and not install the source at all. A >> user needing the source could always 'apt-get source libfoo-apps'. > > Hmm. The mail was just about a month old yet unanswered, yes? > I tend to lag a bit behind with some messages on -devel :-)
> Just to add another cent: > > While it is common practice to put binaries which are not needed to > be invoked directly into /usr/lib/libfoo or /usr/lib/package, and it > can be argued that examples may belong in this category, no answer > to this question is complete without mentioning that arch-dependent > files in /usr/share seems to be in conflict of FHS and thus in > violation of debian policy. > Indeed, stupid me has overlooked that really important issue. Andy -- Andreas Rottmann | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.8ung.at/rotty | GnuPG Key: http://www.8ung.at/rotty/gpg.asc Fingerprint | DFB4 4EB4 78A4 5EEE 6219 F228 F92F CFC5 01FD 5B62 Make free software, not war!