On Monday 2012-08-06 07:22, Zachary Harris wrote: >1) "Applications may use a single subdirectory under /usr/lib." Does >this mean that a subdirectory of /usr/lib should not contain >further/deeper subdirectories?
A single directory in the /usr/lib(exec) level. What it does in /usr/lib(exec)/myapp is up to the package. >2) How about /lib and /lib<qual>---are essential libraries supposed to >live directly in them, or is it OK to have /lib/security/pam_access.so >and /lib/xtables/libip6t_ah.so, for example? pam_access and libip6t_ah are not essential libraries, but plugins that are specific to a certain program, and where it does not make sense for casual programs to link(DT_NEEDED-type) against them. >4) I'm working on a package to check a system for FHS compliance (at >least partially) and to fix issues of non-compliance (at least >partially). Is there already such a thing out there? I know of openSUSE having added an FHS check to their rpmlint package.. _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
