[Fedora-packaging] The role of %{_libexecdir} for using environment-modules
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Oct 8 13:42:46 UTC 2008
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> On Wednesday, 08 October 2008 at 15:28, Ed Hill wrote:
>> /usr/libexec/%{name}
>> /usr/libexec/%{name}-%{version}
>>
>> that allows both names and, if desired, versions.
>
> It still feels like a bit of an abuse of libexec.
> I prefer using %{_libdir}/%{name}(-%{version})/bin for this purpose.
Agreed. As had been pointed out already, libexec is for private stuff,
not exposed to the end-user.
Also, while I'm not familiar with the app, it still feels odd to ship >
1 version, and should be avoided if reasonably possible.
-- Rex
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