On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:36:04AM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Fri, Sep  4, 2009 at 20:50:30 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:

> > +                <p>
> > +                  Applications may also use a single subdirectory under
> > +                  <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>.
> > +                </p>

> Is /lib/<triplet> intentionally left out here?

Yes - the FHS doesn't grant permission to create subdirectories under /lib
currently, and our exception shouldn't go beyond what the FHS specifies.

(Whether this means /lib/security is an FHS violation... you be the judge.
:)

> I don't know how likely that is, but if people want multiarch-compatible
> pam, it would have to install modules to /lib/<triplet>/security?

Yes, the pam multiarch packaging branch that I have here does that. :)

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