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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Use of bin versus libexec
From:       Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano () tiscali ! it>
Date:       2012-09-20 22:20:37
Message-ID: 505B96B5.6040309 () tiscali ! it
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David Faure wrote:
> On Thursday 20 September 2012 19:36:39 Sune Vuorela wrote:
>> On 2012-09-20, Kevin Krammer <krammer@kde.org> wrote:
>>> Do you mean $PREFIX/libexec, where $PREFIX will often be /usr (for=20
>>> distribution packages)?
>>
>> that only works in redhat/fedora land. In other distributiotns, like
>> debian and ubuntu, libexec is placed in directories under
>> prefix/libdir/libraryname/  -  e.g. /usr/lib/kde4/libexec or
>> /usr/lib/utempter/
> 
> We really need a FHS addition for libexec.

Actually users of libexec are discussing about removing it.

See this presentation from this year's DevConf.cz:
http://rvokal.fedorapeople.org/devconf2012/harald-A_streamlined_and_fully_compatible_Linux_Files.pdf

(from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DeveloperConference2012 )

Ciao
-- 
Luigi
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