[Mageia-dev] %_libexecdir - Re: [5228] revert some duplicated manbo stuff (all identical to default but

Fri Jul 27 16:12:12 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Thomas Backlund at 27/07/12 15:02 did gyre and gimble:
+> 27.07.2012 16:55, Anssi Hannula skrev:
+>> 26.07.2012 20:17, root at mageia.org kirjoitti:
+>>> Revision
+>>>     5228
+>>> Author
+>>>     tv
+>>> Date
+>>>     2012-07-26 19:17:41 +0200 (Thu, 26 Jul 2012)
+>>>
+>>>
+>>>       Log Message
+>>>
+>>> revert some duplicated manbo stuff (all identical to default but
+>>> %_libexecdir that changed to %_libdir when mga forked mdv)
+>>
+>>
+>> Hmm, I'm not sure I understand. AFAIK we have always (i.e. on Mageia and
+>> on Mandriva before Mageia) had %_libexecdir as %_libdir.
+>>
+> 
+> Yep,
+> see:
+> http://svn.mandriva.com/viewvc/packages/updates/2010.1/rpm-manbo-setup/current/SOURCES/manbo.macros?view=markup
+> 
+> 
+> 
+>> The change means that even 64-bit libexec binaries will be put into
+>> /usr/lib, is that intentional?
+> 
+> So this change should be reverted imho...
+
+While I don't have a massively strong opinion on this topic, the only
+reason we have lib vs lib64 is to avoid name conflicts. If we consider
+libexec binaries as the kind of binary you'd only have installed once
+(i.e. not something you need for each arch, then the libexec dir is
+effectively "a private bin dir" and thus can be the same on both 32 and
+64 bit IMO. So I guess I'd ultimately prefer /usr/lib/ to always be used
+regardless of arch (i.e. one less difference between 32 and 64 bit builds).
+
+Col
+
+
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