Re: Questions about emacs20 file system layout.
On 16 Dec 1997, Rob Browning wrote:
> The newer emacs source wants to put some files in /usr/share/emacs and
> /usr/libexec/emacs by default. The emacs 19 package put all these
> files together in /usr/lib/.
>
> I would assume /usr/share is now OK since it's in the FSSTND (to some
> extent) and other packages are using it, but what about /usr/libexec?
> Am I correct in assuming that it should still be avoided until FHS?
IMHO, it's generally ok if a package places arch-indep files into
/usr/share instead of /usr/lib, unless this introduces incompatibilities
with other packages.
As the current emacs package installs its libs into
/usr/lib/emacs/19.34/..., will moving this below /usr/share break other
packages?
The use of /usr/libexec is currently under discussion on debian-policy.
Please wait a few more days until we've decided of how to treat this
directory.
(For all that have missed the previous announcement: Debian 2.0 will use
FSSTND and we are expecting to switch over to FHS for Debian 2.1.)
Thanks,
Chris
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