On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:55:12PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > Yes. If a Debian package uses libexec, a bug will be filed against it. > If you want to personally install libexec on your system, eat your heart > out. Debian doesn't care what you do to your system. They only care what > /they/ do to your system.
Seeing as I'm not a Debian user, I care a lot about anything /they/ do to my system. :) > I guess it's more frustrating that Red Hat documents it as an FHS, when > it isn't, regardless of who it came from. Maybe that should be filed as > a bug against their documentation. I've googled around a bit, and it looks like there are some very strong emotions in the Debian camp about libexec. I think it's because Debian-based systems are the only ones without libexec, so they have to put a lot of work into ripping it out of hundreds of different programs. I've seen references saying that libexec has been considered several times for inclusion in FHS, and the main reason it hasn't happened is that it's such an emotional issue. The fact of the matter is that libexec has been around on many different types of systems for many years. I find it hard to believe that there's some vast conspiracy to undermine the FHS by creating renegade libexec directories in /usr. It seems much more likely that a lot of people think libexec is a good idea, and FHS is just a little behind. In the end, it's really not a big deal. I've seen weak arguments for libexec and weak arguments against it. I guess if people need to fight about something, it's best that they pick an inconsequential issue like this. :) -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
