Note that hier(7) makes no mention of libexec. libexec is an invention
of the FSF and their standards document.
Not true; I see libexec mentioned in hier(7) on MacOS X, NetBSD, and
FreeBSD. My personal memory is that it's been around for a while
on NetBSD at least. A quick Googling suggests that it's actually
comes from the BSD world (although the FHS people don't like it).
Debian policy is not to use
it. Most Linux distributions simply follow whatever the source code
build system does by default. You won't find libexec on Solaris, Irix etc
other than perhaps where stuff has been built from source. libexec has
always struck me as somewhat pointless: lib is there for all architecture
dependent files, not just libraries and a top-level libexec directory
gives the programs a lot of prominence.
I understand where you're coming from, but I have to admit that I side
with the people who think only libraries should live in $(libdir). But
I recognize this is a change from the way nmh used to behave, so that's
why I'm asking about it. I understand about Solaris, but again, it's
easy to change with configure. As for Irix ... well, that's not even
a thing anymore, is it? :-/
All you'd achieve with a change is creating unnecessary extra work
for packagers.
It's easily changed in configure; do the default rpmbuild rules for
Debian set $(libexec) to $(libdir)? If so, then it should work fine
without any changes from us.
I will note that this discussion is sort of a microcosm of all nmh
development; a seemingly minor change results in a whole lot of messy
discussions of real-world problems with no obviously answers :-/
--Ken
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