David Faure wrote: > On Thursday 20 September 2012 19:36:39 Sune Vuorela wrote: >> On 2012-09-20, Kevin Krammer <kram...@kde.org> wrote: >>> Do you mean $PREFIX/libexec, where $PREFIX will often be /usr (for=20 >>> distribution packages)? >> >> that only works in redhat/fedora land. In other distributiotns, like >> debian and ubuntu, libexec is placed in directories under >> prefix/libdir/libraryname/ - e.g. /usr/lib/kde4/libexec or >> /usr/lib/utempter/ > > We really need a FHS addition for libexec.
Actually users of libexec are discussing about removing it. See this presentation from this year's DevConf.cz: http://rvokal.fedorapeople.org/devconf2012/harald-A_streamlined_and_fully_compatible_Linux_Files.pdf (from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DeveloperConference2012 ) Ciao -- Luigi