RedHat, Fedora future?
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Feb 6 17:45:56 UTC 2004
Bevan C. Bennett wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
>
>> If you look at the description of in the standards it for /usr/lib it
>> states "... that are not intended to be executed directly by users or
>> shell scripts." This contradicts their own statement about putting
>> applications in a subdirectory, go figure.
>
>
> It's not really a contradiction. The mozilla package is installed in
> /usr/lib/mozilla-*, but the users (and any of their shell scripts) are
> expected to execute /usr/bin/mozilla.
>
> Nothing in /usr/lib/mozilla-* is intended to be executed *directly* by
> users or scripts, and it should not appear in any user's PATH or MANPATH.
>
>
But /usr/lib/mozilla is being executed by users, and is only a link to
/usr/lib/mozilla-*. But being in /usr/lib means it should not be
executed by users or shell scripts. Confusion reigns.
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Robin Laing
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