On Friday, 20 January, Christopher Martin wrote: > On Friday 20 January 2006 08:52, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Oh, ugh, I was assuming here that it was possible to simply change the > > --exec-prefix used when building, rather than having to add a suffix for > > each binary. I agree, that doesn't sound fun :) > > Ah, right, dumping them under /usr/lib/foo. I knew there was some option I > was overlooking :) > ... > Some programs can be called directly by users, but some of these are also > generally necessary for KDE apps to run. It's messy.
The obvious solution here is to have the binaries live under
/usr/lib/foo and have a symbolic link in /usr/bin managed by the
alternatives mechanism. Packages use /usr/lib/foo in the path and get
the version they need, and users use /usr/bin and get the version they
prefer.
I'm sure there are other interoperability questions. E.g., while the
socket directories step on each other?
Peace,
Dylan Thurston
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