Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-13 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On Mon, 13 May 2002 07:47:35 +0100 Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds better than my patch, and it seems to convey much of the information > > that I tried to convey. > > Although sometimes this is not correct, for example if multiple > co-operating packages use the same /usr/lib

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:17:04AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > > > How about simply: > > > > > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > > > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Thu, 9 May 2002, Josip Rodin wrote: > This seems to be quite poorly worded... written in haste? :) > > How about simply: > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that would cause

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-12 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Mon, 13 May 2002 01:57:55 +0900 (JST), Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2002 16:13:28 -0500, > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 09-May-02, 13:53 (CDT), Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How about simply: > > > > > > If your package includes

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-12 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Fri, 10 May 2002 16:13:28 -0500, Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09-May-02, 13:53 (CDT), Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about simply: > > > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > > be invoked manually by the users, or named

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > How about simply: > > > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that would cause > > conflicts if placed in $PATH, but are nevertheless

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-10 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > How about simply: > > > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that would cause > > conflicts if placed in $PATH, but are nevertheless require

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-10 Thread Steve Greenland
On 09-May-02, 13:53 (CDT), Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about simply: > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that would cause > conflicts if placed in $PATH, but are nevertheless require

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-09 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 01:12:27AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > + If your package has some run-time support programs that > + are required by the shared library, or some unversioned plugin > + .so files, that may be part of the shared library package. > + However,

Re: Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:41:20PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Junichi" == Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Junichi> I think this was discussed enough in -devel already, but > Junichi> some good points about /libexec was given. I've noticed > Junichi> that some known good pr

Re: Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Junichi" == Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Junichi> I think this was discussed enough in -devel already, but Junichi> some good points about /libexec was given. I've noticed Junichi> that some known good practice is not documented in policy, Firstly, there is no such c

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting "libexec", or current custom on use of "lib" for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-06 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist I think this was discussed enough in -devel already, but some good points about /libexec was given. I've noticed that some known good practice is not documented in policy, and I propose the following patch: >diff -u policy.sgml{.orig,} --- policy.sgml.o