On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 05:08:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 05:51:25PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 11:53:48PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > Jeroen Dekkers <jeroen@dekkers.cx> immo vero scripsit: > > > > The problem is that we don't have /libexec in Debian GNU/Linux (we do > > > > in GNU/Hurd). I really think that's a bug and those binaries in these > > > > library packages probably belong in /libexec. > > > > > > No, most of them are just misplaced binary files. > > > Having a /libexec is not related at all to the problem described here. > > > > Of course it is, if they are only called by libraries (or other > > binaries), they should be in /libexec instead of /bin. And I'm not > > sure it's wrong to ship them in a library packages then. > > You're missing the point. What happens when the user wants to install > two versions of a library package simultaneously? If those libraries can use the same binary then it should be in a seperate package. But if the binary is thightly bound to the library, then it should be in the same package (probably with a version number on it so you can install multiple versions of the same library). Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
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