Hello, until now I was under the impression that /usr/bin/ should only contain programs which are expected to be directly called by users.
In bug #292759 the maintainer of gettext-base claims, that it is also
ok to install shell script sniplets, which are not executable on
itself into /usr/bin/
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Jochen Voss wrote:
> Package: gettext-base
> Version: 0.14.1-8
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> the gettext-base package installs the file gettext.sh into the
> /usr/bin/ directory. The file looks like a shell script first,
> but it has the executable bit not set and starts with the line
>
> #! /bin/false
>
> Therefore the file is not executable and should not be installed in
> /usr/bin/. I guess a good place for it would be
> /usr/share/gettext-base/examples/ if it is unused or
> /usr/share/gettext-base in case it is used by some other part of the
> gettext framework.
This is not a bug.
The file gettext.sh is meant to be sourced by shell scripts in this way:
. gettext.sh
The FHS is not as clear on this issue as I thought it might be.
It just states
4.2 /usr/bin : Most user commands
This is the primary directory of executable commands on the system.
/usr/bin -- Binaries that are not needed in single-user mode
+-mh Commands for the MH mail handling system
+-X11 Symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin
My question: does anybody have further references for the question
whether it is ok or maybe even preferable to install non-programs in
/usr/bin?
All the best,
Jochen
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