#16350: on some systems, pkg-libexecs are installed into local/lib instead of
local/libexec
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Reporter: rws | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: critical | Milestone: sage-6.3
Component: scripts | Resolution:
Keywords: environment, git | Merged in:
Authors: Ralf Stephan | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
Branch: | Commit:
u/rws/on_some_systems__pkg_libexecs_are_installed_into_local_lib_instead_of_local_libexec|
51216ea7716e7ad2b150e676760840c947183164
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Changes (by {'newvalue': u'Ralf Stephan', 'oldvalue': ''}):
* status: new => needs_review
* author: => Ralf Stephan
Old description:
> The Unix Filesystem Hierarchy Standard advises '*/lib' as a place for
> libraries but in version 2.3 allows other '*/lib*' paths. The package
> install script `configure` thus assumes (maybe not on all systems) that,
> if no `execdir` is given, `*/lib` should be used. This leads to doctest
> fails in `dev/sagedev.py` caused by mismatch between GIT_EXEC_PATH in
> `bin/sage-env` (which hardcodes `local/libexec`) and the actual `execdir`
> used in the git install (which is `local/lib` on SuSE and other systems
> if it's not preset with the configure command), introduced with #15901.
New description:
The Unix Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS, http://www.pathname.com/fhs/)
advises `*/lib` as a place for libraries but in version 2.3 allows other
`*/lib*` paths. The package install script `configure` loads the `site-
config` script which on SuSE and other systems assumes that, if no
`execdir` is given, `*/lib` should be used. This leads to doctest fails in
`dev/sagedev.py` caused by mismatch between `GIT_EXEC_PATH` in `bin/sage-
env` (which hardcodes `local/libexec`) and the actual `execdir` used in
the git install (which is `local/lib` if it's not preset with the
configure command), introduced with #15901.
Solutions are checking for `lib/git-core` or explicitly specifying
`configure --libexec="$SAGE_LOCAL"/libexec` in git's `spkg-install`.
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