On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 03:53:04PM -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > Thank you Steve !
> With all due respect -- I disagree with your lines of > reasoning/support. > > The per-package subdir should be created instead under > > /usr/lib, and /usr/bin/cmtk can dispatch subcommands over there. > as I and John argued, FHS doesn't mandate them to be > under /usr/lib and actually allows for subdirectories under /usr/bin > (more below) The subdirectories of /usr/bin that are allowed in the FHS are spelled out because they are exceptions. > - /usr/lib is destined for > "/usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries > that are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell > scripts" > so indeed anything which cannot be executed directly -- should go > there. But "executed directly" in my understanding is not solely > being on the PATH -- if I can execute a tool via > /usr/lib/PKG/bin/xxx -- it is direct execution and thus should not > be hidden under /usr/lib Your understanding is misguided. If you intend it to be a user interface, it belongs on the PATH. If you don't, it belongs under /usr/lib. It is a bug in the FHS that it allows for this interpretation, but I have no doubt that it is a bug and which way the FHS would be clarified to fix this hole. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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