[Fedora-packaging] Octave package standard

[Rex Dieter]

Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Toshio Kuratomi wrote:

>> Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>>
>>> - Currently octave uses the /usr/libexec tree to install the .oct files.
>>>  These are really shared libraries.  It does use an arch/api versioned
>>> directory, e.g.:
>>>
>>> /usr/libexec/octave/packages/java-1.2.1/i386-redhat-linux-gnu-api-v26/
>>>
>>> Some other package files (PKG_ADD/PKG_DEL) get added there too.
>>>
>> This is the only part that needs more clarification to me.  If the .oct
>> files are really shared libraries it seems that they belong in
>> %{_libdir}.  libexec is more useful for binaries that shouldn't be
>> multilib like helper programs that are invoked by other programs on the
>> system and need to match arch with the invoking program for them to work
>> correctly.
> 
> Well, it would be trivial to change /usr/libexec to /usr/lib.  Multi-lib 
> is then handled by the arch string farther down.  Similar to java in 
> /usr/lib/jvm/java/jre/lib/amd64/. 

I'm ok with it either way.

> Using %{_libdir} would be harder and 
> I'm not sure for what gain. 

*nod*, changing your proposal to try to use %{_libdir} may well be much 
pain for little payoff, so I personally wouldn't consider it a blocker.

-- Rex