Re: libexec in glibc

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

ams@kemisten.nu (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

> Jeff Bailey <jbailey@nisa.net> writes:
> > Debian's glibc package currently defines $(prefix)/libexec to
> > $(prefix)/lib everywhere except on hurd-i386.  I would like to correct
> > this so that we're the same as other arch's.  (There should be no
> > libexec dirs on Debian, so comply with the FHS).
> > 
> > Any objections?
> 
> Didn't we come to a conclusion that the addition of /libexec was not
> an violation to the FHS?  Or at least that the FHS was vague on the
> topic of adding new top level directories by distributions.

No.  We came to the conclusion that:

1) What gets added to the FHS is not a Debian decision, 
2) Debian released architectures need to conform to FHS, and
3) Ports still being worked on don't need to treat (2) as their top
   priority, especially when they expect FHS will change in relevant
   ways before the port is released.

Thomas