Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, without flaming, what exactly is /libexec useful for ?
`libexecdir'
The directory for installing executable programs to be run by
other programs rather than by users. This directory should
normally be `/usr/local/libexec', but write it as
`$(exec_prefix)/libexec'. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as
`@libexecdir@'.)
> I guess it is for objects that:
>
> o need to be available at boot time (otherwise /usr/lib)
No, they may or may not be needed at boot time.
> o are not meant to be user-visible commands
Right.
> o are not configuration (/etc)
Right.
> o are not shared between architectures (otherwise /usr/share -
> /share was never mentioned afaicr)
Right.
> o are not formally static libraries (/lib) or shared objects (/lib)
Right.
/Regards,
/Niels
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