[Fedora-packaging] The role of %{_libexecdir} for using environment-modules

[Jussi Lehtola]

On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 17:15 +0200, Denis Leroy wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> Agreed also.

OK, I'll put the binaries to %{_libdir}/%{name}-%{version}/bin .

> so there are 2 issues to discuss here:
> 
> 1) multiple concurrent versions installed. Is that really necessary ? Is 
> it a question of binary data compatibility, or a whole set of features 
> that were removed by the new version ?

Yes, I think it is. Anyway, IMHO this is a side point for the
discussion.

> 2) where to put the binaries. Gromacs seems to have 50+ executables 
> (what's the exact number?). Most have non-trivial names with a "g_" 
> prefix, a few are more conflict-prone, namely "wheel", "highway" or 
> "editconf".

Well, since there are single and double precision versions of every tool
and a couple MPI enabled programs as well, the current total is 184, of
which 66 don't have names beginning with g_ .
-- 
------------------------------------------------------
Jussi Lehtola, FM, Tohtorikoulutettava
Fysiikan laitos, Helsingin Yliopisto
jussi.lehtola at helsinki.fi, p. 191 50623
------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Jussi Lehtola, M. Sc., Doctoral Student
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
jussi.lehtola at helsinki.fi
------------------------------------------------------