[FHS] helper scripts location

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Mon Jun 13 22:26:19 UTC 2011


Haïkel Guémar wrote:
> I spent some time yesterday talking with opensuse guys on irc, since
> /usr/libexec has not been blessed by FHS

Actually, libexec can be interpreted as being a libdir with the multilib 
suffix "exec" (just like "64" is one), which is explicitly allowed by the 
letter of the FHS as written (even if it might be against the spirit).

IMHO, libexec is the one correct place for this stuff.

        Kevin Kofler



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