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From: Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec dead ?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:21:52
Message-Id: 20040624162146.GA2209@phaenix.haell.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/libexec dead ? by Aron Griffis
1 At 2004-06-24T01:03:09-0400, Aron Griffis <agriffis@g.o> wrote:
2 > Drake Wyrm wrote: [Wed Jun 23 2004, 02:34:55AM EDT]
3 > > Looking in my own /usr/libexec, though, it seems like everything there
4 > > already has a better place somewhere else. Some could go in /usr/bin or
5 > > /usr/sbin (e.g. mozilla-launcher).
6 >
7 > Definitely not that one. When it lived in /usr/bin I just got lots of
8 > bugs that it didn't work because people tried to run it directly.
9 > It's supposed to be accessed via symlinks only:
10 >
11 > /usr/bin/mozilla -> /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
12 > /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
13 > /usr/bin/thunderbird -> /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
14
15 Okay, good point on that one. Maybe /usr/lib/mozilla/launcher.
16
17 --
18 Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"?
19 Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action.
20 --Ghost in the Shell

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