On 04/03/2012 07:14 AM, DJ Lucas wrote:
> I could have sworn I had seen something about this on list in the past
> month, and didn't have time to answer, but I cannot for the life of me
> find it. Unfortunately, /usr/libexec is not a part of the current FHS,
> but, is a part of the 3.0 draft 1 (which hopefully will become official
> someday).
>
> See:
>
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA
>
>
> and
>
> http://www.linuxbase.org/betaspecs/fhs/fhs.html#usrlibLibrariesForProgrammingAndPa
>
> Now I bring this up because Apache deliberately using /usr/libexec, and
> years of avoiding this directory like the plague really irked me. I was
> gonna complain about it not being compliant, and then I read the FHS
> draft, where something else caught my eye. The /usr/libexec directory,
> which is likely to be a part of the standard, allows the use of a
> sub-directory but does not require it. This reminded me of an old
> problem with gvfs and policy-kit/u-whatever (IIRC).
>
> We should probably make a conscious effort to gradually undo the past 15
> years of moving private stuff into /usr/lib/<packagename>, but I'm
> actually more curious as to the rationale of forcefully separating these
> items. Would it not be better to let the package maintainer make this
> decision for us going forward? It might mean making a little bit of a
> mess in /usr/libexec, but it is one less editor responsibility, and
> actually might save a patch or two going forward. I have only one
> specific instance where it has made any difference whatsoever (gvfs),
> but that debacle was entertaining, despite being annoying. Monkey,
> football...I think my comments in the patch header way back when
> reflected as much. :-)
>
> Any thoughts? Objections?
>
> -- DJ Lucas
>
>
I do not agree with /usr/libexec stuff ... I'd agree if it only
installed executables there, or even better -
/usr/libexec/package/{executable1,executable2,etc} ... But no, it
installs also directories there, too which is sort of mess ... And yet
some more stuff ... Some (well, at least most of gnome) packages install
files in /usr/lib/package and /usr/libexec/package, and I'd rather keep
it in one directory. Anyways, if there are only executables installed, I
recommend moving them in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin (depends on how it would
be run).
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