Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:23:54 +0100 "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | little question (that could start up a flame): what's the official | status of /usr/libexec directory? libexec for stuff that's run is far tidier than weird subdirectories in /usr/lib*. Those old people wit

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:48:10AM -0500, Olivier Cr?te wrote: > On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 15:27 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:18:05AM -0500, Olivier Cr?te wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 14:53 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:23:54PM +010

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 04:41:20PM +0100, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:27:10 + > Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i know they are executables, that's why we're talking about a > > specific subdir of lib > > > > libexec clutters /usr while /usr/lib

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Olivier Crête
On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 15:27 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:18:05AM -0500, Olivier Cr?te wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 14:53 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:23:54PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote: > > > > what's the official status

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:27:10 + Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i know they are executables, that's why we're talking about a > specific subdir of lib > > libexec clutters /usr while /usr/lib/misc hides it nicely ... > afterall, this are internal binaries that end user should never

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:18:05AM -0500, Olivier Cr?te wrote: > On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 14:53 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:23:54PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote: > > > what's the official status of /usr/libexec directory? > > > > personally, i'd prefer if we m

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Olivier Crête
On Tue, 2005-29-11 at 14:53 +, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:23:54PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote: > > what's the official status of /usr/libexec directory? > > personally, i'd prefer if we moved all of /usr/libexec to /usr/lib/misc Why move the libexec content t

Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:23:54PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten? wrote: > what's the official status of /usr/libexec directory? there is none afaik ... it's something we've been leaving alone for the time being because it hasnt been that critical of an issue personally, i'd prefer if we moved

[gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec vs /usr/lib(32|64)/misc

2005-11-29 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
Hi all, little question (that could start up a flame): what's the official status of /usr/libexec directory? I was told on IRC time ago to prefer /usr/$(get_libdir)/misc to libexec because that's already ABI-specified... but I'm not really sure. /usr/libexec is already used by many upstream pack