On Apr 5, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Michael Grünewald wrote: > Dear FreeBSD users, > > > today I come to you with what seems to be somehow pedantic question: where > is the best place to install libraries of shell functions. > > I read hier(4) carefully and it seems the correct place for this would be > somewhere under `/usr/local/share': > > share/ architecture-independent files > > > On the base systems, many macros (make templates and groff macros) are > actually installed under /usr/share. However, the only library of shell > functions I am aware of is `/etc/rc.subr', that landed on this funny > location, probably to be pretty sure that this library is on the same > filesystem as the scripts under /etc/rc.d. > > Several of the ports install shell scripts under `/usr/local/lib' that > hier(4) devotes to ``shared and archive ar(1)-type libraries''. These shell > scripts are: > > > find /usr/local/lib -name '*.sh' > /usr/local/lib/tk8.5/tkConfig.sh > /usr/local/lib/seamonkey/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/libxul/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/convertrpmrc.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/find-lang.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/getpo.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/u_pkg.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/vpkg-provides.sh > /usr/local/lib/rpm/vpkg-provides2.sh > /usr/local/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/tcl8.5/tclConfig.sh > /usr/local/lib/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh > /usr/local/lib/llvm-gcc-2.8/gcc/x86_64-portbld-freebsd8.2/4.2.1/install-tools/fixinc.sh > > Two files (the `/usr/local/lib/tcl8.5/tclConfig.sh' one and the `s/tcl/tk/g' > one) are actually shell script libraries (defining a bunch of variables), and > all the others are ancillary scripts, that would maybe better fit in > `/usr/local/libexec'. > > So, practical experience does not really second my a priori that these files > sould go under the `share' hierarchy and I would like to have your opinion on > this question. > -- > Best Regards, > Michael
For the bash library (http://jafdip.com/?p=537) we choose /usr/local/lib. This just seems to be the most logical place for this sort of thing. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
