--- Dropped XDG_BIN_DIRS and add note about architecture-specificity of HOME due to XDG_BIN_HOME.
basedir/basedir-spec.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml index eefbe2b..9d001d8 100644 --- a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml +++ b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml @@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ </address> </affiliation> </author> + <author> + <firstname>Johannes</firstname> + <surname>Löthberg</surname> + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>johan...@kyriasis.com</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> </authorgroup> </articleinfo> @@ -66,6 +75,13 @@ environment variable <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal>. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific + executable files should be written. This directory is defined by the + environment variable <literal>$XDG_BIN_HOME</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> <listitem> <para> There is a set of preference ordered base directories relative to @@ -122,6 +138,18 @@ <literal>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</literal> is either not set or empty, a default equal to <literal>$HOME</literal>/.config should be used. </para> + <para> + <literal>$XDG_BIN_HOME</literal> defines the base directory relative to + which user-specific executable files should be stored. If + <literal>$XDG_BIN_HOME</literal> is either not set or empty, a default equal to + <literal>$HOME</literal>/.local/bin should be used. + </para> + <para> + Since <literal>$HOME</literal> might be shared between systems of different achitectures, + installing compiled binaries to <literal>$XDG_BIN_HOME</literal> could cause problems when + used on systems of differing architectures. This is often not a problem, but the fact that + <literal>$HOME</literal> becomes partially achitecture-specific should be kept in mind. + </para> <para> <literal>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal> defines the preference-ordered set of base directories to search for data files in addition to the -- 2.14.1 _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg