On Monday 08 June 2009 06:12:04 Roy Marples wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> >> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the
> >>    version (possible including a git ID) of the release.
> >
> > that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux
> > convention on any system ive ever seen.
>
> OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it
> can to match them all.

i know why you use it, but that doesnt mean Gentoo (Linux) should

> Linux has /usr/libexec and I see no reason why it cannot exist on / for
> when /usr is not available like other OS's do.
>
> Robin asked for an upstream decision of where to place the version file
> and in the OpenRC world the best place is /libexec as /etc is just meant
> for user configuration.

maybe, but since we arent going to use /libexec/ at this time, that means /etc 
is the next best place
-mike

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