[RFC] helper binaries

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Sunday 23 November 2003 15:10, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> moin,
>
> going through my /opt/kde/bin dir, at first sight i see these
> programs: - kconf_update_bin/*
> - *.kss
> - kdontchangethehostname
> - kgrantpty
> - kio_devices_mounthelper
> - kio_http_cache_cleaner
> - kioexec
> - klocaldomainurifilterhelper
> - kpac_dhcp_helper
> - kwin_killer_helper
> which of none should be located in $bindir, as they are not meant for
> end-users and only cause confusion (and useless autocompletions :).
> the GNU-designed target for these files is $libexecdir, but nobody
> has ever seen such a thing (same with $sharedstatedir). therefore
> most reasonable packages store helper binaries in subdirs of $libdir.
> i feel the strong urge to follow this model, using
> libexecdir=$libdir/kde3/bin.
>
> opinions?

I don't see why we shouldn't use $kdedir/libexec. Someone has to start 
using it and in fact at least GnuPG is already using it. So we wouldn't 
even be the first ones but we would just follow the good example of 
GnuPG.

Regards,
Ingo
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