> I'm not so sure about /usr/lib or /usr/share. I'd tolerate both (I've stopped 
> caring about the unix filesystem hierarchy), but speaking as
> a long-time Linux user they don't feel right, especially not /usr/share.
> If you do put them in they probably won't draw any trouble as just hard-coded 
> paths hidden in the source.
> 
> Is there any harm in putting in as many hard-coded paths in as might be 
> reasonable?

Define reasonable. For me, that’s just 1 single spot. But it seems the Linux 
people are very insistent on Freedom meaning do what you want, even if it's 
against the build suggestions.
I say stick to one hardcoded path, and make everyone else stop doing it their 
own way, and stick to one simple, consistent solution.


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