At 18:15 +1100 2000-01-25, Brian May wrote: >>>>>> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>writes: > Marcus> GNU (read: the Hurd) is using /libexec (we don't have > Marcus> /usr) as well. It is a good idea for some stuff IMHO. > Marcus> The FHS should probably reconsider its point of view. > >I think /usr/libexec (or /libexec on the Hurd) is a good >place to put small daemons like telnetd, ftpd, etc, that >only have one file (the executable). > >I guess you could also have > >/usr/lib/ftpd/ftpd >/usr/lib/telnetd/telnetd >/usr/lib/midentd/identd >etc > >but having one file per directory seems a bit wasteful, to >me.
The reason FHS doesn't have /usr/libexec is that /usr/lib in FHS is defined loosely enough that it can serve every purpose that /usr/libexec does. Individual binaries are allowed in /usr/lib (e.g. libc6: /usr/lib/pt_chown) and a collection of related binaries can be put in a subdir of /usr/lib. -- Joel Klecker (aka Espy) Debian GNU/Linux Developer <URL:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://web.espy.org/> <URL:http://www.debian.org/>
