On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 11:36:05PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > What is the use case? > The use case is to have a place for executables that are treated > similarly to libraries by other executables. > For example, tcpd gets run by inetd but not by humans, so it > would be silly to have it on root's PATH, so you put it in > libexec. > sftp-server gets run by sshd but is not a library, so it would > be silly to have it in /usr/lib, so you put it in libexec. What is the justification for making this a separate directory from /usr/lib (especially given that /usr/lib has now been part of Debian policy for a decade or so)? What is the transition plan for migrating from /usr/lib to /usr/libexec? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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