Bug#834607: lintian: /usr/lib/ vs /usr/libexec
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.46
Severity: normal
For a package I'm updating, lintian reported me about a non-FHS and a
non-standard path.
W: sysprof: non-standard-dir-in-usr usr/libexec/
W: sysprof: file-in-unusual-dir usr/libexec/sysprof/sysprofd
On searching the web on the topic, I see a discussion thread from more
than a decade ago.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/05/msg00401.html
The conclusion, from back then, seems to be to stick with the FHS.
But with FHS 3.0, /usr/libexec/ is a recognized path. And lintian should
be aware of it.
http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#usrlibexec
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.7.1bfqv8r2+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.27-5
ii bzip2 1.0.6-8
ii diffstat 1.61-1
ii file 1:5.28-4
ii gettext 0.19.8.1-1
ii hardening-includes 2.8+nmu2
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b5
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.59-1
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libclone-perl 0.38-2
ii libdata-alias-perl 1.20-1+b1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.10
ii libemail-valid-perl 1.200-1
ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.416-1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-10
ii libperl5.22 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.22.2-3
ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
ii liburi-perl 1.71-1
ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.41-6+b1
ii man-db 2.7.5-1
ii patchutils 0.3.4-1
ii perl 5.22.2-3
ii t1utils 1.39-2
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1
Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii dpkg 1.18.10
ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1+b1
ii perl 5.22.2-3
ii perl-modules-5.22 [libautodie-perl] 5.22.2-3
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
ii binutils-multiarch 2.27-5
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.10
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.72-2
ii libtext-template-perl 1.46-1
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