On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 01:54:57AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:56:36PM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Yuck! I really don't see why we should be granting this type of exceptions.
> libexec and share exist for a reason. Helper binaries need to be in libexec,
> unit files in share, I think allowing systemd to dump everything (and in
> particular 64-bit stuff) to lib is setting a horrible precedent.
Unit files need to be in /, so moving them would either require creating
a /share for distributions that haven't merged /usr or putting up with
inconsistent naming between distributions. Consistency is a virtue and
the chances of getting anyone else to accept /share are minimal, so /lib
it is. Meanwhile, libexec's not part of any non-draft version of the FHS
and doesn't exist on most other distributions, and the path of the
helper binaries has ended up in a bunch of unit files. So, similar
problems.
What benefit do you see in modifying systemd?
Can someone summarise the trac ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/158
and the above reply, because none of it seems to make much sense to me.
Rich.
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