Glenn Skinner wrote:
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:24:21 -0600
> From: Andre Molyneux <Andre.Molyneux at sun.com>
> Subject: Re: 2009/424 [idzebra]
>
> Jim Walker wrote:
> > Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> >> I think that it makes sense to at least *try* to move zebrasrv out of
> >> /usr/bin. /usr/lib seems the right place for it.
> >
> > Since zebrasrv has good command definition and /usr/bin is the
> > familiar location (ie. I'm not seeing /usr/lib being used anywhere
> > else). I think /usr/bin is the best place for now.
>
> Some consensus here would be helpful. I've moved zebrasrv to
> /usr/lib in my latest webrev, but can easily put it back. How
> does it get decided if PSARC as a whole has a preference?
>
> The project team takes PSARC's comments into account and updates the
> project specification (if necessary) to state where it is proposed to
> place zebrasrv.
>
> Then if any committee member feels strongly enough that that proposed
> location is architecturally flawed, that member will derail the case.
> If that happens, then the committee, project team, and other
> interested parties will discuss the issue until resolution occurs
> (probably during a meeting, so that everybody's time is used as
> efficiently as possible).
>
> But having said all that, I think what you're hearing is advice from
> various committee members that doesn't reach the level of derailment.
> (That's certainly true of me, for one.)
>
Yes, I think that's true. The comments from Jim have been answered --
in general in Linux land there is /usr/libexec for things that are run
by something other than normal users or normal administrators. (Network
daemons are normally a good example of this -- for example
/usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd. An administrator might choose to run this
command manually, but that would not be the norm, and would probably
only be used for debugging.)
In Solaris, we don't have /usr/libexec, we just put such things in /usr/lib.
/usr/sbin/ is used for utilities that an administrator might be expected
to run but which ordinary users shouldn't care about. Its kind of a
gray area.
My preference is that if the utility would only ever be run by an
administrator to debug a service, or to start up something manually that
should have been started by SMF, then /usr/lib is probably better. If
it is a reasonable thing that administrators might need to run this
command manually, then /usr/sbin or /usr/bin.
- Garrett
> -- Glenn
>
>
