Re: [gentoo-dev] Detecting Baselayout2/OpenRC from init.d scripts (summary of debate and plans from bug 270646)

[Roy Marples]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the
>>    version (possible including a git ID) of the release.
>
> that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux convention
> on any system ive ever seen.

OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it 
can to match them all.

Linux has /usr/libexec and I see no reason why it cannot exist on / for 
when /usr is not available like other OS's do.

Robin asked for an upstream decision of where to place the version file 
and in the OpenRC world the best place is /libexec as /etc is just meant 
for user configuration.

Thanks

Roy