Randy McMurchy wrote:
What exactly got installed in /usr/libexec. Not BLFS packages,
right?
Right, not a BLFS package. I believe it was courier-imap. No big deal,
I know how to fix it now and will do when I rebuild lfs on it someday.
And if not, then this is something you'll need to tak
Justin R. Knierim wrote these words on 10/19/05 01:08 CST:
> I have had a /usr/libexec full of junk from a few programs I didn't beat
> into shape, and I didn't care for it. Having it all sorted nicely in
> /usr/lib/packagename I like. IMO.
What exactly got installed in /usr/libexec. Not BLFS
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 00:18 -0600, Archaic wrote:
> /usr/lib : Alternate format libraries (optional)
> Purpose
>
> /usr/lib performs the same role as /usr/lib for an alternate
> ^
> binary format, except that the symbolic links /usr
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:13:00AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote:
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> That's because they qualify it as /usr/lib.
>
> being anything. It would be whatever you want, I suppose.
Ahh, I see where you are coming from now. I think there is a
misunderstanding.
/usr/lib : Alternate format libraries (o
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 00:11 -0600, Archaic wrote:
> Sorry for how that must look.
I understood what you meant, and knew immediately it was a typo. :-)
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On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 00:05 -0600, Archaic wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:59:12AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure that there is a real effect where these programs are
> > installed.
>
> I was explicit enough. The effect I was referring to was cohesion
> between the books, n
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:05:12AM -0600, Archaic wrote:
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> I was explicit enough. The effect I was referring to was cohesion
s/was/wasn't/
Sorry for how that must look.
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Archaic wrote:
Looks like /usr/lib/packagename is recommended.
+1
I have had a /usr/libexec full of junk from a few programs I didn't beat
into shape, and I didn't care for it. Having it all sorted nicely in
/usr/lib/packagename I like. IMO.
Justin
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:59:12AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote:
>
> I'm not sure that there is a real effect where these programs are
> installed.
I was explicit enough. The effect I was referring to was cohesion
between the books, not the usability of the software.
> FHS says /usr/libexec is ju
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:56:53PM -0600, Archaic wrote:
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> Looks like /usr/lib/packagename is recommended.
But /usr/lib/sendmail is required, so we it looks we should take FHS
with a grain of salt.
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On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 23:42 -0600, Archaic wrote:
> I like /usr/lib/packagename. Either way, this will have a far reaching
> outcome and should be discussed by both lfs and blfs.
I'm not sure that there is a real effect where these programs are
installed. If you pass --libexecdir=/someplace/nobod
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:42:51PM -0600, Archaic wrote:
>
> /me wanders off to pathname
4.7. /usr/lib : Libraries for programming and packages
4.7.1. Purpose
/usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries that
are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts
Randy McMurchy wrote:
Hi all,
More and more, I'm feeling that the libexecdir that is typically
changed to /usr/sbin shouldn't be. Most of the programs installed
into /usr/sbin because we pass --libexecdir=/usr/sbin to the
configure script are not designed to be run from the command line, or
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:37:38AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote:
>
> What say the group?
>
> Do programs that are not designed to be run by end users (not even
> the root user), but instead are called internally by a library or
> other program belong in /usr/sbin?
I like /usr/lib/packagename. Eit
Hi all,
More and more, I'm feeling that the libexecdir that is typically
changed to /usr/sbin shouldn't be. Most of the programs installed
into /usr/sbin because we pass --libexecdir=/usr/sbin to the
configure script are not designed to be run from the command line, or
for that matter, not desig
DJ Lucas wrote:
> Okay...my previous suggestion absolutely sucked using killdelay. Thanks
> for the 70 second warning Bruce. BTW, HUP seems odd to me, but I'll
> know about that in a short time. I just can't help but think that
> Nathan I talked about that script at one time or another, but can
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>
>>OK, I've validated your problem. Try editing nfs-server to change the
>>relevant portion of stop to:
>>
>>#killproc nfsd
>>
>>kill -HUP `pidofproc nfsd`
>>evaluate_retval
>>sleep 10
>>
>>And see how that works for you. If it works, the proc
Andrew Benton wrote:
Another application I'm keen on is the file sharing application
gtk-gnutella. Filenames are an issue there as people on the network
could be in any locale. There was a long thread on the
gtk-gnutella-devel mailing list about language issues. I read it, but I
don't pretend
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