On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 08:39:10AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Martin Dickopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> It seems that Red Hat has a lot of programs under /usr/libexec that are > >> under /usr/lib in Debian. One example is /usr/lib/postfix > >> vs /usr/libexec/postfix. > >> > >> It seems to me that /usr/libexec is a better name for such things, > > > > I disagree. Why is it important to distinguish between shared libraries > > and internal binaries (i.e. programs not supposed to be called directly > > by a user)? > > lib is the place where ld searches for libraries. Linking is not > speedy, and a non-trivial amount of the time is spent slogging through > /usr/lib looking for the libraries wanted.
The number of directory entries in /usr/lib should not make any difference to a modern GNU linker on a modern filesystem, unless you have thousands or millions of them. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
