Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/libexec
Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> writes:
>> Should we change some of these to /usr/libexec?
>
> well, it would be against the FHS, I think.
>
> The BSDs use libexec but I don't really see a good reason why it exists.
GNU project stuff also uses libexec (by default; I don't know if that
location gets overridden in debian builds). E.g., if you build your own
emacs, notice it installs various helper programs in
/usr/local/libexec/emacs/...
I don't know if there's an argument for it other than clarity and warm
fuzzies. [I personally think that if a good idea is "against the FHS",
the right answer is to change the FHS.]
-Miles
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