Re: standard for executable files under /usr/share
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 11:36:39AM -0600, Stephen Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:50:30PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 12:23:44PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > > It seems that many packages have binaries under /usr/share, here are a few
> > > examples of regex's that match Debian-specific binaries under /usr/share:
> > > /usr/share/debiandoc-sgml/saspconvert
> > > /usr/share/lintian/.+
> > > /usr/share/kernel-package/.+
> > > /usr/share/bug/[^/]+
> > > /usr/share/console/getkmapchoice\.pl
> > > /usr/share/openoffice\.org-debian-files/install-hook
> > > /usr/share/dlint/digparse
> > > /usr/share/gimp/1.2/user_install
> > >
> > > The problem for me is that as part of my work maintaining Debian packages of
> > > SE Linux policy I have to track all of these.
> > >
> > > The problem for SE Linux users is that there are undoubtably many I have not
> > > discovered yet which will therefore have the wrong security type on a default
> > > setup and not work.
> > >
> > > The problem for the people who maintain such packages is that some SE Linux
> > > users may file bug reports against your package by mistake instead of
> > > informing me.
> > >
> > > I suggest that we have a standard for names of such files. Something like
> > > /usr/share/package/bin/.+ would do well. That will make things a lot easier
> > > for SE Linux users (and users of other security systems).
> >
> > Why not simply /usr/share/bin ?
>
> Isn't the point of having them in /usr/share/package/ in the first place
> that they're executables *specific to the package in question* that
Yes, sure, i was just asking ...
> would not be called directly by a user or by other applications?
> /usr/share/bin is a bad idea -- if /usr/share/bin is acceptable, this is
> a certain sign that the binaries in question actually belong in
> /usr/bin.
What about arch independant binaries ? Do they also need to go into
/usr/bin evne if they are arch independent ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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