Re: shell script sniplets in /usr/bin?

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Santiago Vila [Sun, Jan 30 2005, 02:28:01PM]:

>   Where does dlsym() look up the libraries? In /usr/lib. So Debian
>   installs C libraries in /usr/lib/. Fine.

That's wrong. Packages should avoid the installation of non-versioned
(no SONAME) libraries in /usr/lib. Such plugins can often be loaded from
special locations after minor changes in the program source. This is
also often allowed and supported by upstream's configuration system.

>   Where does "." look up the libraries? Anywhere in $PATH. In particular in
>   /usr/bin.
> 
>   If the Debian project designates a particular directory for shell script
>   function libraries, and puts this directory in $PATH by default, GNU gettext
>   will happily install its contents there.

Crap thinking. AFAICS no one of hundreds of maintainers came to the idea
to put shell snippets there.

ls /usr/bin/ -la | grep -v rwx | grep -v rws

So why is your case different?

> So, the common sense says /usr/bin is ok for gettext.sh, not the opposite.

Common sense is something shareable with many other people. He presents
only _his_ point of view.

Regards,
Eduard.
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