Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:18:23AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:08:55PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >>>> >>>> I propose to relocate all the above into a directory /usr/bin/subversion, >>> >>> Sorry, no. /usr/bin is a flat structure. It does not contain >>> subdirectories. >> >> What is the reason for this? I feel this specific case would be a >> sensible exception to the rule. > > Did you read the rest of this thread? Just mimic how other packages > on linux do it. There is no need to invent a new way of doing this > when there are already standard ways in existence. > > If you are using symlinks anyway, there is no reason why you need > to create a directory in /usr/bin.
I did read the rest of the thread - I presume the /usr/lib suggestion is what you are referring to. My reluctance to do that is because the standard place to look for DLLs and programs on Cygwin is /usr/bin. I don't understand why, because they need to be in a subdirectory, they should transfer to the less obvious /usr/lib tree. Also, there are no packages on linux doing this that I can compare with, as linux doesn't have to resort to workarounds to avoid a deficient runtime linker. I could put them in /usr/lib - but I would really like to understand why people don't want them in /usr/bin - so far the only reason that has been revealed to me is "linux doesn't do that", but as I have said, linux is never in this situation, so that's not a very satisfying reason. Max.
