Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> o are not formally static libraries (/lib) or shared objects (/lib)
>The conceptual difference between a directory and a library
>escapes me, essentially, libraries are more efficient to read
>than directories, and mor
Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> o are not formally static libraries (/lib) or shared objects (/lib)
>The conceptual difference between a directory and a library
>escapes me, essentially, libraries are more efficient to read
>than directories, and mor
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
--- Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Currently, the GRUB boot commands in the default template,
> documentation etc refer to a /hurd/ext2fs which shouldn't
> necessarily be the filesystem we're using.
>
> What do you think about referring to /hurd/rootfs
> which is supos
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:25:28PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> >
> > The BIG problem with additional directories in / is that they need
> > planning for at every installation or upgrade, and will invariably
> > tr
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 03:24:50PM +0100, Thomas Sippel - Dau wrote:
> So, without flaming, what exactly is /libexec useful for ? I guess it
> is for objects that:
>
> o need to be available at boot time (otherwise /usr/lib)
The GNU/Hurd does not differentiate between /foo and /usr/foo, /u
Thomas Sippel - Dau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
>
> So, without flaming, what exactly is /libexec useful for ? I guess
> it is for objects that:
That should be /usr/libexec on *nix systems, GNU/Hurd has a symlink
from /usr to /. My mistake for not mentioning this.
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"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
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> Daniel Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Alfred M Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > This is sad news. As the /libexec proposal has been thrown out on
> > > several occasions I doubt that it will be accepted in the future.
> > > Also if a new system
