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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Roy Marples <roy@×××××××.name>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Detecting Baselayout2/OpenRC from init.d scripts (summary of debate and plans from bug 270646)
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:19:24
Message-Id: 200906080619.20962.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Detecting Baselayout2/OpenRC from init.d scripts (summary of debate and plans from bug 270646) by Roy Marples
1 On Monday 08 June 2009 06:12:04 Roy Marples wrote:
2 > Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
4 > >> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the
5 > >> version (possible including a git ID) of the release.
6 > >
7 > > that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux
8 > > convention on any system ive ever seen.
9 >
10 > OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it
11 > can to match them all.
12
13 i know why you use it, but that doesnt mean Gentoo (Linux) should
14
15 > Linux has /usr/libexec and I see no reason why it cannot exist on / for
16 > when /usr is not available like other OS's do.
17 >
18 > Robin asked for an upstream decision of where to place the version file
19 > and in the OpenRC world the best place is /libexec as /etc is just meant
20 > for user configuration.
21
22 maybe, but since we arent going to use /libexec/ at this time, that means /etc
23 is the next best place
24 -mike

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