On 5/29/08, Darren J Moffat <Darren.Moffat at sun.com> wrote: > James Carlson wrote: > > Darren J Moffat writes: > >> How does /usr/lib/shell usage compare with the existing: > >> > >> /usr/share/zsh/<version>/functions/ > >> /usr/share/zsh/<version>/scripts/ > >> /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/ > > > > All of the files under /usr/share/zsh are shell scripts and > > architecture-independent. They could (at least in principle) be > > shared between architectures. > > > >> Does the creation of /usr/lib/shell imply that those things that are > >> currently in /usr/share/zsh should move to /usr/lib/shell/zsh ? > > > > Roland has already said that there'll be architecture-dependent > > objects in the /usr/lib/shell directory. That alone makes it > > inappropriate for /usr/share. > > > I think you missed the point I was trying to make it wasn't a /usr/share > vs /usr/lib distinction but the fact that there is already a system wide > place for zsh "extensions/plugins/whatever" yet this case appears to be > suggesting that /usr/lib/shell/zsh would be that place. Zsh has already > staked out some of its ground. Similarly we already have > /usr/lib/python. On the other hand we have /usr/perl and /usr/ruby/ and > both /usr/java and /usr/share/lib/java :-( > > Or let me ask this another way. Given that all the shells are upstream > from OpenSolaris and that they may or may not already have some "system > wide" area what is it that we are actually trying to do with > /usr/lib/shell ? Is /usr/lib/shell really /usr/lib/ksh ? > > What architectural value is /usr/lib/shell/ adding what are the rules > for putting something in there versus the shells own system wide area? > Is it really /usr/lib/shell or /usr/lib/ksh93/ ? Until we have some > real examples or a real need I don't see that this is generic to *all* > shells and is more likely specific to some class of shells maybe which > might be just ksh93. > > Last but not least what is a shell ? would /usr/lib/shell/python be > allowed ?
Don't. Be. Silly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_shell Unless python starts calling itself a shell it isn't one. Chris -- ^---^ (@)v(@) Chris Pickett | / IT consultant ===m==m=== pkchris at users.sourceforge.net
