Re: gnustep &c...
At 09:59 -0700 1998-09-02, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>Hi,
>>>"Joel" == Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> writes:
> Joel> I personally don't see why we can't use /opt for large
> Joel> subsystems such as GNUstep,
>
> Because /opt is reserveed for *add-on* application softwware.
It could be argued that apart from the base system, *everything* in Debian
is "add-on".
>
> Joel> /usr/lib/GNUstep is wrong,
>
> Umm, why? We may need to move the config files out (as we
> would for /opt, according to the FHS [/etc/opt]), and move the bin
> files out (leaving behind symlinks). This takes some work, initially,
> to package.
>
> But why is it wrong?
4.5 /usr/lib : Libraries for programming and packages
/usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries that
are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts.
Applications may use a single subdirectory under /usr/lib. If an
application uses a subdirectory, all architecture-dependent data
exclusively used by the application should be placed within that
subdirectory. For example, the perl5 subdirectory for Perl 5 modules
and libraries.
Miscellaneous architecture-independent application-specific static files
and subdirectories should be placed in /usr/share.
Some executable commands such as makewhatis and sendmail have also been
traditionally placed in /usr/lib. makewhatis is an internal binary and
should be placed in a binary directory; users access only catman. Newer
sendmail binaries are now placed by default in /usr/sbin; a symbolic
link should remain from /usr/lib. Additionally, systems using Smail
should place Smail in /usr/sbin/smail, and /usr/sbin/sendmail should be
a symbolic link to it.
A symbolic link /usr/lib/X11 pointing to the lib/X11 directory of the
default X distribution is required if X is installed.
Note: No host-specific data for the X Window System should be stored in
/usr/lib/X11. Host-specific configuration files such as Xconfig or
XF86Config should be stored in /etc/X11. This should include
configuration data such as system.twmrc even if it is only made a
symbolic link to a more global configuration file (probably in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11).
> Joel> /usr/GNUstep is wrong, /opt/GNUstep is really the only place
> Joel> GNUstep can be put both without stepping on the OPENstep
> Joel> standards, the FHS, or both.
>
> Sorry, the latter breaks the FHS.
I disagree.
--
Joel Klecker (aka Espy)
<URL:mailto:jk@espy.org> <URL:http://web.espy.org/>
Debian GNU/Linux user/developer on i386 and powerpc.
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